I am quite pleased to see some sense is coming back. I am one that uses the programs once in awhile, I simply do not want, nor need a subscription. I would hope adobe would pick up on this, but I will not hold my breath.
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New Version of Microsoft Office Coming Next Year That Won't Require a Subscription
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For anyone with basic office needs, and who doesnt want cloud based, don’t forget about LibreOffice, and on iOS CollaboraOffice. I have been using these for a while and am very happy with them - although I’m not tied to Microsoft Office or Google Due to work etc.
Got my 2019 for $19 fearing that the darn 365 is taking over.
Glad to see MS is actually listening to the customers.
Glad to see MS is actually listening to the customers.
And don't forget what Microsoft tend to do with 'fixed' versions. They don't have an upgrade path to the next version when released, and cut off support quite quickly. Office 365 2016 is now unsupported with security updates.
I am in a similar boat. I have a spreadsheet with lots of tabs that is the data source for a dashboard display, and it is enough hassle trying to be sure everything works when I send it out to be filled in; there is no need to add the possibility that a "compatible file" produced by some otehr software will introduce a glitch. For me, subscribing, evene if I generally avoid subscription softwrae, is well worth it. If it saves me 1 hour of troubleshooting it's paid for a year's subscription.
As a bonus, I have a family plan (it was cheaper with a discount I get than a single user subscription) which lets a family member who doesn't get Offcie from work or school use it and get 1TB of cloud storage.
There is a subscription free version available. So it’s no ‘news’ for everyone.
Nevertheless: MS becomes reasonable, congrats.
Nevertheless: MS becomes reasonable, congrats.
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Even better if they allowed you to buy apps in the suite individually as non-subs. Excel would fly.
If Microsoft releases it as completely free be worried. You’re going to pay for this someway so either paying upfront, paying with a subscription, or paying with your data. Sometimes it’s a combination of those.
I tested briefly the new version of Outlook this morning, it looks great but has one major flaw for users like myself who have delegate access to multiple accounts - these don’t seem to function currently in the new version. I hope this is going to be fixed prior to release or I’ll have to be a laggard 😱
I welcome this and hope other subscription based applications/suites do this in the future. Even if they don't receive new features as often, a one-time payment release from time to time would be appreciated. But they don't want to harm the business model they've built.
Probably just bug and security patches. The new features/look/etc. are reserved for the subs.
I reluctantly got the 365 subscription but now that I did I really don't mind. Will be nice to just pay once but I use every thing except outlook pretty regularly. Would like to see some reduction in subscriptions for TV/Movie apps. I need to add up all I'm paying for and see what the total is. I'm pretty sure it's out of control!!
I’m curious why everyone is treating this like it’s new. Because it’s not and hasn’t been for years. They already have a standalone version of Office you can buy for $150.It just only has Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and doesn’t have Outlook or the 1 TB of OneDrive storage.
I could careless that Microsoft Office will offer a "perpetual license"
I left them in the dust for LibreOffice and OnlyOffice and I have no intent of turning back.
My reasoning for two separate programs? I like to keep my personal and college work separated. College stuff uses .docx, .pptx, .xlsx, while personal stuff uses .odt, .ods, .odp. I'm happy with my new Microsoft free setup. Microsoft will never get my money.
I left them in the dust for LibreOffice and OnlyOffice and I have no intent of turning back.
My reasoning for two separate programs? I like to keep my personal and college work separated. College stuff uses .docx, .pptx, .xlsx, while personal stuff uses .odt, .ods, .odp. I'm happy with my new Microsoft free setup. Microsoft will never get my money.
People complain they hate paying subscriptions and would rather buy perpetual? Office 365 Home is $100/yr for 6 people. Less than $20/yr. per person. You get the latest versions AND 1TB of OneDrive storage. In 5 years, you've spent $100 and probably have a newer version! To BUY your perpetual license is >$200 and you're stuck with that version and you get no cloud storage. That's 10 years of subscriptions.
Now Adobe...people want to complain about MS? $20/yr for a suite of apps and cloud storage, vs $13-15/mo for Acrobat. 1 app. No cloud storage. Acrobat is the biggest rip-off of consumers EVER. The PDF format is a univeral format that everyone uses, but Adobe feels you should pay $180/yr to manipulate them. Crazy. And you want to buy Acrobat? $300. Stupid.
They stopped offering Office 2019 as part of the HUP and were only offering Office 365. That was a big impact for me ($19.95 one time vs $69.99 annually). My work migrated to Office 365. But at home, I just stayed on Office 2019 to avoid paying an annual fee.
To me it looks like other businesses did not move to Office 365 and they were worried they might end up cannibalizing Windows sales if entire companies migrated to G suite and potentially ChromeOS.
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Is it just me or does it feel like most of the world has moved to Google Docs and Sheets? I haven’t opened Microsoft Office in years.
I assume based on the announcement that the 2021 release will be a 365 package, not just an "Office Home & Student" stand-alone like what is offered now.
Regardless, I'll gladly pay $150 again (and you can usually find it on sale too) for just Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Easily worth the money. Even if you use them for just 2 years, that's $6.25 per month.
Some might say, well, at $6.25 per month, why not just subscribe for $6.99 per month and get 365? Well honestly, OneNote, Access and Publisher just aren't as valuable for most people. Outlook as a standalone inbox isn't really needed today unless you're a company, as you can just make a personal outlook account over at Outlook.com. OneDrive and Skype are nice, but again, are situational as not everyone needs or wants them.
I see some people using Google Docs, but most using Word.
I've never seen Sheets outside the weird web form stuff. Excel is massive.
Probably because tech bloggers had been floating the idea that the previous version of Office with a perpetual license was going to be the last.
About time for what? You can buy Office for a one-time payment **today**. This is about Microsoft's plans going forward.