New variations of Microsoft Office aren’t as huge a deal as they used to be, due to the repeatedly up to date (and repeatedly paid-for) variations of the apps that include a Microsoft 365 subscription. However for everybody else, there’s nonetheless Office 2021, an improve to Office 2019 that is coming to each Home windows and macOS on October 5, Microsoft introduced as we speak. Office 2021 will add the identical options because the Office Lengthy-Time period Servicing Channel (or LTSC—catchy!) launch, which is available as we speak.

In comparison with Office 2019, the final “perpetual” model of Office, the brand new model consists of Darkish Mode assist, assist for model 1.three of the OpenDocument format, new Excel capabilities and formulation, improved slide present recording for PowerPoint, and numerous user-interface tweaks and enhancements. Microsoft lists many of the new options right here.

The corporate plans to supply 5 years of “Mainstream Assist” for Office 2021 with none prolonged assist past that. The top date for Office 2021 assist is in October of 2026, only a yr after assist ends for the Home windows variations of Office 2016 and Office 2019.

The corporate stated in February that client and small enterprise pricing for Office 2021 will keep the identical as it’s now—Office Residence & Scholar 2019 (which incorporates Phrase, Excel, Powerpoint, and OneNote) usually prices $150, and Office Residence & Enterprise 2019 (which provides Outlook) prices $250. Final month, Microsoft elevated costs for Microsoft 365 and its different subscription merchandise throughout the board for the primary time in a decade.

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