There are three Office 2021 retail bundles with separate versions for PC or Mac (make sure you buy the right one). That’s two years less than Office 2019 and half the supposedly ‘fixed lifecycle’ policy announced by Microsoft itself. That means Office 2021 support ends on October 13, 2026. Office 2021 will only get bug fix and security patches for five years from release date (not date of purchase). It will work with either Intel or M1 based Mac computers. MacOS, Microsoft’s policy is to support the current and past two MacOS releases. Windows 10 or Windows 11 is required for Office 2021, same as Office 2019. Office 2021 will be available for Windows and Mac desktops.ģ2-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows. Microsoft hints by saying their list of new & changed Office 2021 also applies to Office LTSC ‘except where noted’. There are small differences between the features in Office 2021 and Office LTSC. But Stock images etc is included as well as Translation are available. Office 2021 will NOT have most of the popular cloud based features like Excel data types (Stock prices etc). There will be no more features added, unlike Microsoft 365 annual plans. We’ve checked Microsoft’s new feature list against the actual software in our lists of new and better features in Office 2021 and Office LTSC plus … Record a slide show with narration in PowerPoint.Įxcel’s Let() makes it to Office 2021 but sadly not Lambda().

Line Focus added to Word’s Immersive Reader.

Microsoft has confirmed these features will be added to Office 2021: OneNote is also included but it’s the same as in Office 2019. It’s the perpetual, single payment or non-subscription version of Microsoft Office for consumers and small businesses.ĭepending on the bundle / package of Office 2021 it can also have: In other words, you pay for Office as an annual fee. If you have Microsoft 365 – Do NOT buy Office 2019 or Office 2021 like Microsoft 365 Family (formerly Home), Microsoft 365 Personal or an enterprise plan.

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