Microsoft Office 365 offers two versions – Online Version and Offline Version.

Online versions of the Microsoft Office applications (such as Word, Outlook and Excel) through a web browser,Offline versions enables you to download desktop versions of the Office applications.

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Offline version is suitable for all functions of Dragon Naturally Speaking.

The following Nuance Desktop products support dictation only when running Office 365 Online (Online Version):

Dragon Professional Individual
Dragon Legal Individual
Dragon Professional Group
Dragon Legal Group
Note: Full Text Control and Natural Language Processing (NLP) are not supported when running Office 365 Online.

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The following Nuance Desktop products are not supported when running Office 365 Online:

Dragon Speech Professional

Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 13 and earlier
PDF Converter Professional
OmniPage
PaperPort

Note: Nuance Desktop products may have application add-ins (such as toolbar buttons) that are typically enabled in Microsoft Office desktop applications to improve the experience. When running Microsoft Office Online, these application add-ins will not be enabled. Additionally, using Dragon to dictate into Office Online applications may require the use of the Dragon Dictation Box.

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To take advantage of all the features of Nuance Desktop products, we recommend using a local installation of Microsoft Office. Certain subscription plans to Microsoft Office 365 include the local desktop version of Microsoft Office