Office Online Explained

Microsoft Office Online Explained

The Microsoft® Office Online website works alongside many Office System products and contains resources to help you get more done.

Whether you’re looking for help with an Office program, hunting for a language translation service or searching for the perfect template or piece of clip art for your presentation, Office Online is the place to go.

To get there you can go straight to the Office Online website or simply type your query straight into Help in your Office Program and type your preferred option in the Task Pane.

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What's on Office Online?

Whether you’re a home user, IT professional, business user or software developer, Office Online offers services and resources tailored to your needs.

Get assistance

Having trouble with those PivotTables? Can’t get that graphic to behave itself? Feel like you aren’t making the most of your Office investment? Time to get Assistance. Packed with handy tips, articles and how to’s,

Browse the marketplace

Would you like to convert a PDF straight into a Word document? Have a document translated? Send an SMS from Outlook®? The Office Online Marketplace offers a selection of handy third-party services that you can use with your Office suite.

Get training

Need to know more about Office but don’t have time to go on a course? Time to get Training. The Training section offers guided online tutorials and comes with handy practice exercises to put you on the road to mastering Office.

Find templates

Have you been tasked with designing the company marketing flyer or the family Christmas invitations? Why start from scratch when you have the Office Template Library at your fingertips? Whether you’re looking to draft a final demand for payment or design a calendar, the Template Library provides the perfect starting point.

Find clip art and media

Want to spice up your PowerPoint® presentation or find the perfect picture for Uncle Danny's birthday card? The Clip Art and Media section of comes with thousands of images and animations to help you get the perfect message across.

Get downloads

Do you need to view a Visio® file but don’t have Visio installed on your computer? Do you want to add functionality to your version of Word? Office Online Downloads is the place to go for viewers, add-ins, smart tags, updates - you name it, it’s there.


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