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“Members Helping Members”

October 2021 Volume 38 Issue 07

New Microsoft Office is coming!

Don’t wat to subscribe to Microsoft 365? Don’t worry: Consummers and small business will

be able to buy Office 2021 as a one-time purchase this fall, the same time Windows 11
launches. Here’s what to know.

Microsoft's new, flat-price version of its Office PowerPoint, and visual improvements, like dark
productivity software will arrive on Oct. 5 -- the same mode support across apps. It's meant for specialty
day Windows 11 begins rolling out, according to a situations, as opposed to for an entire organization,
company blog post Thursday. such as process control devices on the manufactur-
Microsoft previously emphasized that while its main ing floor that are not connected to the internet.
focus remains in its subscription offering, Microsoft
365, it will release the one-time purchase Office 2021 Meanwhile, Office 2021 for personal use will arrive
for those who aren't ready to move to the cloud. on Oct. 5, though Microsoft has not yet announced
pricing information.
Office 2021 arrives in two versions: one for commer-
cial users, called Office LTSC (which stands for Long Both versions of Office will be supported on Win-
Term Servicing Channel), and one for personal use. dows and Mac, and will ship with the OneNote app.
Office LTSC is generally available today, the post They will also ship both 32- and 64-bit versions, ac-
said, and includes enhanced accessibility features, cording to the post. Microsoft will support the soft-
performance improvements across Word, Excel and (Continued on page 9)

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