Windows 10 Creators Update: Get Office App is Link to Office Documents, Software, and Settings

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

April 17, 2017

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Windows 10 Creators Update: Get Office App is Link to Office Documents, Software, and Settings

 

During the development of the Creators Update over the last eight months, the Get Office app went from being an Office 365 training and awareness tool to a consolidated portal for all things relating to your Office 365 subscription.

It still has the links to information about Office 365 and training tools but it has now been turned into a centralized location for you to find documents you are working on, options for sharing your subscription with others, direct links to the software installed on your device, and feedback tools.

In the Windows 10 Anniversary Update one of my automatic maintenance activities used to be uninstalling Get Office from my devices. Now, with its new role in the Creators Update, it stays on my system with a shortcut on the Start Menu/Screen.

It is broken down into the following pages/tabs within the app:

Home

Listing of your recent documents and shortcuts to Office programs on your device.

My Account

Office 365 information about when your subscription expires and links to various subscription benefits:

-- Manage Installs
-- Share Office 365
-- Office Mobile Apps
-- Support
-- OneDrive
-- Skype
-- What's new

Programs

Links to all of the Office 365 programs installed on your system or available under your subscription. There is a brief description with each one in case you are not as familiar with some of the offerings.

Documents

Links to Recent Documents in order they were accessed.

Help and training

Links support and learning documents:

-- See what's new and improved
-- Get the Quick Start Guides
-- Explore our free online training

By the way, those Quick Start Guides are well put together and can be the basis for a solid training curriculum.

Feedback

Links to provide feedback or suggestions via the Office 365 UserVoice channels.

About

Standard one each About page with latest build number for the app.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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