The Ultimate Global Office Suite Study

The biggest pitfalls in Office and what we can do about it - conducted by Nielsen

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How do company employees work in Office worldwide?

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What eats up the largest amount of time when using Office?

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How do Office documents can strengthen or undermine your brand?

Career

What market share do Microsoft 365, G Suite, iWorks and Libre Office have?

The big office software study is also available for free as an industry report for automotive, consulting services, energy, finance, industry, IT, consumer goods, logistics and pharma.

Global Office Study Industry Reports

Office Study: What really eats up our time and what you can do about it.

How companies become stronger with Office

No other software defines how we work as comprehensively as Microsoft Office. Whether tech start-up or traditional company, marketing department or management, classic office or home office: wherever people work, Office applications play a key role. The most-used software in any office has shaped our working processes and practices. To a large extent Office improves them. But while Office supports us, it also takes up a large part of our working day.

The study makes one thing clear: Hidden pitfalls, unforeseen opportunities

The Office Suite Study makes one thing clear: Every company worldwide needs to examine how its people use Office, because it has a major impact on the company’s overall success. The study sets out decisive starting points for how to use Office more effectively.

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Increase your productivity in MS Office by 22%

The global Office Suite study is the most comprehensive study on the use of Office in a business environment. More than 2,000 office workers from different industries contributed to the online survey.

This study covers the following topics:

Proportion of working time spent using Office
Proportion of working time spent using Office
Number of documents and emails created per employee
Number of documents and emails created per employee
Biggest time wasters in Office
Biggest time wasters in Office
Corporate design conformity of documents and emails
Corporate design conformity of documents and emails
Office skills and training requirements
Office skills and training requirements
Potential solutions to increase efficiency
Potential solutions to increase efficiency

Create more time for more important things

The empower® Suite supports you in counteracting these problems. empower® enhances Office as true productivity asset: a powerful tool that streamlines complex work with just a few clicks and automates recurring tasks. A customer survey showed that users of empower® Slides reduced the amount of time spent on Office by 22%, while significantly increasing presentations’ conformity with companies’ corporate design.

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With empower® you can build professional Office documents from a company-wide Asset Library. Provide the right templates, slides, images, signatures, and more to anyone who needs them.

 

efficient



empower® boosts productivity with intelligent automation, integrated seamlessly with MS Office. Instantly searchable, ready-to-use assets make you 22% more effective. More time for creativity, less time clicking around.

brand compliant



empower® embeds your house style in Microsoft 365. Customizable Font and Color Pickers encourage everyone to use approved styling. Professionally built templates and powerful formatting tools produce brand compliant documents.