Elias looked up. A young man with a messenger bag and a modern MacBook stood there, looking frantic. "Do you know if these computers have Microsoft Office installed? I need to edit a .docx file, but I didn't bring a charger and my laptop is dead."

It was the year 2016, and the world was becoming increasingly mobile. People were no longer tied to their desks, and the need for flexibility and productivity on-the-go had never been greater. Microsoft, the tech giant, had just released Office 2016, a suite of productivity software that included Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more.