Microsoft Office Starter

Microsoft Office Starter is an office suite that is very similar to the regular Microsoft Office, but it is free and has a limited set of components. This software package is a simplified version of the software. It has ads, but the stripped down version is available for free download. The package includes Excel and Word.

Features of work

The software can be downloaded absolutely free of charge. A small fee for the operation of the program, which the developers have implemented - these are banners with advertising, which are not extracted from it. Do not forget that Starter does not contain a large number of features. But, if you are not a professional worker, then you will be enough standard set of commands and functions that are present in office programs.

Features

In the set of programs included in Microsoft Office Starter you will see only Word and Excel. The full-featured version differs from the "cut-down" build by slower performance. There is another nuance when working with Word files. In this build, the files show some conflict while reading them, namely refusal to open them. This problem occurs if the documents were created in the full version of the office suite. In addition to the fact that from the entire package of programs you can use only two, do not forget that their functions are severely "cut" if you compare with the "original". Word doesn't have an editor that allows you to work with math formulas, nor does it have a tool that creates screenshots. Excel also doesn't have a math formula editor, and it lacks tools that allow you to create summary tables as well as insert special items. If you don't need the full office suite or you don't have the ability to buy it, this "stripped down" version, which consists of two programs, will do the trick. But do not forget that all functions and features are very limited. To work in Microsoft Office Starter on new operating systems you need to use the installation of a special patch, which is in the archive with the program.

The most important thing

• only Word and Excel are included;
• there are banners with advertisements in the office suite that cannot be turned off;
• there is an opening problem when files are created in the full version of the package;
• there are no standard tools in the graphical shell;
• the standard interface is slightly different from the shell of the full package;
• the program works on OS Windows 7 and higher;
• to work on OS Windows 8 and 10 a special patch is required.