I use Microsoft Word at work, and at home.
My home version is version 16.0.11601.20204 “Office 365 en -us” running in Windows 10.
My work version is version 16.0.10730.20334 “Office 365 ProPlus – en – us” running in Windows 7.
When MS Word starts, both of my versions have a splash screen with the text, “Microsoft Word Office 365”.
However, there are many differences between the two versions, as can be seen in these two screen-prints:
Microsoft Word Office 365, in Office version 16.0.10730.20334:
Microsoft Word Office 365, in Office version 16.0.11601.20204:
I used the MS Word Layout tab in my example screen-prints above, with the “Mini Toolbar” showing, because this shows a lot of differences, while at the same time, using limited horizontal space for this web site. In a comparison of the two above screen-prints, I noticed 17 things that are different. Of these 17 differences, most differences are very subtle, but a few differences are more significant.
With the above being stated, here is my question:
Could I please have some explanation/clarification about why, when each of my installed versions start with splash screen text “Microsoft Word Office 365”, there is so much difference after MS Word opens?
6-7-2019: In case anyone might be interested, I published a PowerPoint file showing a comparison, of more tabs between these two versions of MS Word, and Excel, at this OneDrive link:
https://1drv.ms/p/s!Aho2xuhOHKVvj74V-5-JkXSnkBM5nw?e=QockdP
7-25-2019: My work has updated my MS Outlook from Version 1808 to Version 1902. I think that, using Outlook thousands of times, over the last few years, I grew very used to the old icons. After a few more days, I expect to get used to the new icons. Following are a few of the Outlook icons that changed, with version 1808 on top, and 1902 on bottom:
I posted the above icon screen-prints, as I think there might be someone out there who might find this of interest. By the way, the set of icons I chose above, is a good example of HOW Microsoft re-did the icons, in general.
