But even the ribbon didn't change the basic structure of the apps, or the way they interoperate with one another.
Office 2007 shook up the interface in a big way with its ribbon interface, and refined it in Office 2010 with the introduction of the 'backstage' view used for saving, opening, and printing documents. This leaves you with something that looks like Office 2013 with only a few minor variations.ĭesktop productivity applications haven't really changed much for many years. That's optional, and if you prefer the more muted look you can disable it. You can tell that you're using Office 2016 and not its predecessor Office 2013 because, by default, Office 2016 colorizes the title bars of each app to make them reflect each application's distinctive color (except for Outlook, which remains distressingly blue after Microsoft decided that it should no longer be gold for some inexplicable reason).
