Luckily, you can run Microsoft Office on Chromebooks. You can’t install desktop versions of Office on a Chromebook, but you still have options when it comes to running Microsoft Office on Chromebook. Depending on what software you run on your Chromebook, you’ll be able to use Office in a somewhat limited capacity. Let us tell you how it’s done.
On all Chromebooks, you can open, edit, download, and convert many Microsoft Office files. On Chromebooks that support Android apps, Microsoft Office is currently available as an Android app. To see which Microsoft apps are available for your device, go to the Google Play Store.
The best option for running Microsoft Office on a Chromebook is via the Microsoft Office 365 web app suite. You can use Office for the web in your browser to create, edit and collaborate on files from your Chromebook. This approach also feels very natural since your Chromebook was built for cloud computing.
Can I run Windows 10 on a Chromebook?
The Parallels software runs a full versions of Windows 10 inside a container on your Chromebook. With a full version of Windows installed on your Chrome OS device, you can easily download and run the full desktop version of every Office app. There are some key advantages of this method.
What kind of software can I use on a Chromebook?
, and learn more. Microsoft Office is still the leading software of its kind, and if you’re using a Chromebook you can use it too. Microsoft Office is one of the most popular software suites in the world, especially among education and enterprise. It’s also one of the easiest to use on account of being available essentially everywhere.
This of course begs the query “Can I use Android apps on a Chromebook?”
The alternative to using the Android apps is to use the thing at the heart of your Chromebook; Google Chrome. Microsoft has web apps for the Office suite which are just as good as the Android apps with the bonus of not taking up any of your storage space.