Microsoft Office Generational Preferences - Survey Findings
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The survey found differences in preferences between older and younger generations for office productivity tools. The older generation strongly prefers Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, while being neutral or disagreeing with online and open-source alternatives. In contrast, the younger generation more strongly agrees with online and open-source applications over Microsoft Office tools. The findings raised questions about whether school curriculum focusing only on Microsoft Office impacts preferences, and whether students are exposed to a variety of platforms.
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Microsoft Office Generational Preferences - Survey Findings
- 1. Is Microsoft Office Now An Old Persons Toolbox? Findings on Generational Preferences
- 2. In a world where the younger generation are considered digital natives and cloud computing and open source software is gaining a growing momentum, is Microsoft Office now a toolbox for just the older generation?
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- 5. SURVEY SURVEY FINDINGS FINDINGS
- 6. THE “OLDER GENERATION” 35 years and older
- 7. Older Generation prefers Microsoft Word for Word Processing Strongly Disagree 22% Strongly Agree 38% Disagree 9% Neutral 9% Agree 22%
- 8. Older Generation prefers Online Applications for Word Processing Strongly Agree 6% Agree 6% Neutral Strongly Disagree 13% 28% Disagree 47%
- 9. Older Generation prefers MS Powerpoint as a Presentation Tool Strongly Agree 19% Strongly Disagree 31% Agree 16% Disagree Neutral 22% 12%
- 10. Older Generation prefers Online or OpenSource Applications as a Presentation Tool Strongly Diasgree 6% Strongly Agree 25% Disagree 34% Agree 19% Neutral 16%
- 11. Older Generation prefers to use Online Cloud Computing or Open Source Applications for Office Productivity Tasks Strongly Disagree 3% Strongly Agree 9% Disagree 28% Agree 41% Neutral 19%
- 13. Younger Generation Prefers Microsoft Word for Word Processing Strongly Disagree 0% Disagree 10% Neutral 10% Agree 15% Strongly Agree 65%
- 14. Younger Generation prefers Online Applications for Word Processing Strongly Agree 5% Agree 15% Strongly Disagree Neutral 30% 5% Disagree 45%
- 15. Younger Generation prefers MS Powerpoint as a Presentation Tool Strongly Disagree 0% Disagree 15% Strongly Agree 30% Neutral 15% Agree 40%
- 16. Younger Generation prefers Online or OpenSource Applications as a Presentation Tool Strongly Agree 10% Strongly Disagree 25% Agree 30% Disagree 25% Neutral 10%
- 17. Younger Generation prefers to use Online Cloud Computing or OpenSource Applications forStrongly Productivity Tasks Office Disagree 5% Strongly Agree 10% Disagree 20% Agree 30% Neutral 35%
- 19. • Left us with more questions • Is the trend towards MS Office because schools tend to teach only this suite? • Are students exposed to and encouraged to explore a variety of platforms and applications for office productivity tasks? • Informal feedback from older generation participants • mobile learning devices • What is the trends towards a preference for use of a mobile device for office productivity tasks?