TL;DR: Microsoft has launched a limited free version of Office for Windows. The free version includes ads, restricts file saving to OneDrive, and lacks support for add-ins and advanced features.

You can now access a version of Microsoft’s Office package without a subscription…but there are a few caveats. This new version of the desktop app is ad-supported ...

Microsoft is testing a new version of its Office app bundle that is free to use, but you’ll have to watch ads. Usability is rather subjective here, because even the most basic features are locked and ...

Microsoft Office products have a longer Life Cycle compared to Windows OS. Office 2010 was supported until 13-10-2020, and Office 2013 was supported until 2023. While it is always a good idea to use ...

With support for Microsoft Store Office 365 apps discontinued, it's time to consider making the move to the Click-to-Run ...

I don't use Microsoft Office very often. I do most of my writing in Obsidian and my number crunching in Google Sheets. Every once in a while, though, someone who does use Office sends me a Word ...

FreeOffice offers great alternatives to Office’s big three apps, but its inability to save modern Office formats prevents it from being a viable replacement. If you believe less is more, SoftMaker’s ...

Even though Microsoft is all-in on the cloud, it still is continuing to roll out "perpetual" (non-subscription) versions of Office every few years. Recently, some of those users -- namely those with ...