Office 2019 Compatability with Office 2016

JERRY89
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Office 2019 Compatability with Office 2016

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Dear All,

Is Office 2019 compatible with Office 2016, I ask this due to my company are having 40 PC under Microsoft Office 2016 but wanted to purchase 5 PC with Office 2019 so will it be any issue for the file created in this 5 PC cant be open in the other Office 2016 PC or will it have any major impact?

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Re: Office 2019 Compatability with Office 2016

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They use the same file format, and the differences are small. But there are some things to keep in mind.

For example, Excel 2019 has a few new worksheet functions, such as IFS, SWITCH and TEXTJOIN. If you use such a function in Excel 2019, save the workbook and then open the workbook in Excel 2016, the function won't be recognized.
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Hans

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Re: Office 2019 Compatability with Office 2016

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Hi Hans,

Good Day,

Really appreciate it, this is a very great information for me. Thanks you so much, your knowledge in Microsoft is truly amazing. :thankyou: :cheers: