That said, if you want, you’ll have to reach deep into your pockets. The continued popularity of Microsoft Office hasn’t seen Microsoft take a soft stance, either. The price remains high—but it is an extensive, quality product.

Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac costs $150, you can try it for free for 30 days. Visit Office for Mac site trial page fill out the form by entering your email address and name and click “Download Now” button.

Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business currently retails for $249 for a single PC license. If that makes your wallet weep, check out these methods to use Microsoft Office for free.

Use Microsoft Office Online Microsoft itself offers a substantial collection of free Microsoft Office utilities. Office Online is essentially a browser-based version of the latest Microsoft Office suite. It currently includes.

• Word • Excel • PowerPoint • OneNote • Sway • Mail • People • Calendar • OneDrive There is a catch, however: The online versions of Microsoft Office apps only provide a limited Microsoft Office experience. Word Online, for example, does not include text boxes, WordArt, equations, charts, and more. You can still write a term paper, but you won’t be able to compile a company report. Similarly, you’ll be able to open and view your Excel spreadsheet, but your custom macros won’t load. While Office Online does lack some functionality, it is a versatile free alternative to a fully paid license. The free versions will happily open your files, allow editing, and importantly, keep your document formatting in place at all times.

Microsoft Office Mobile Apps Office Mobile is exactly as it sounds: Microsoft Office, in mobile form. It is an extremely similar experience to Office Online. The functionality is there, and editing and creating documents on the go is easy—but it is extremely screen size dependent. For instance, editing a Word document on my Samsung Galaxy S8 is reasonable, but attempting to navigate an Excel spreadsheet is fiddly and frustrating. Conversely, editing a Word or Excel document on a larger, tablet-sized screen is actually quite enjoyable.

I’m still not convinced you’ll be running your company accounts from Office Mobile, but it’ll certainly do in a pinch. Microsoft offers individual mobile apps for Android 4.4 (KitKat) and onwards. For a long time, Microsoft offered users of Android 4.3 or lower the older Microsoft Office Mobile app. However, this all-in-one Office app is no longer available. Android users post-4.4 should download the newer, individual apps: • • • • • • • iOS Microsoft phased out the iOS Microsoft Office Mobile app long before the Android version. Like Android, there is no legacy version of the app. Note: iPad Pro users need a qualifying Office 365 subscription to create and edit documents.

I’m not going to list the individual apps like I have done for Android as there are differences between iPad and iPhone versions. But you can find the, and that contains the individual download links.

Like Android, If you use Microsoft Office on iOS, here are some newer features you may have missed., bringing new Office features and updates to Apple’s mobile operating system. Sign Up for the Office 365 Trial Office 2019 The standalone version of Microsoft Office 2019 will be exclusive to Windows 10. Instagram upload video app for mac.