Microsoft
is
releasing
a
new
version
of
Office
this
week,
designed
for
people
that
don’t
want
to
subscribe
to
Microsoft
365.
The
standalone
Microsoft
Office
2024
release
is
now
available
for
both
consumers
and
small
businesses,
and
includes
locked-in-time
versions
of
Word,
Excel,
PowerPoint,
OneNote,
and
Outlook
across
both
Mac
and
PC.
Office
2024
includes
a
lot
of
the
updates
that
Microsoft
has
been
delivering
to
Microsoft
365
subscribers
over
the
past
few
years.
Microsoft
last
released
a
standalone
version
of
Office
in
2021,
and
this
new
Office
2024
release
includes
improvements
to
the
core
apps,
as
well
as
accessibility
and
UI
changes.
Office
2024
has
a
new
default
theme,
with
Microsoft’s
latest
Fluent
Design
principles
that
match
the
visual
changes
to
Windows
11.
Microsoft
has
also
added
accessibility-focused
improvements
to
help
Office
users
find
potential
accessibility
issues
in
documents,
slideshows,
workbooks,
and
emails.
Excel
2024
can
now
reference
Dynamic
Arrays.Image:
Microsoft
The
biggest
changes
in
Office
2024
can
be
found
in
Excel,
PowerPoint,
and
Outlook.
Microsoft
has
added
new
functions
in
Excel
to
use
text
and
arrays
in
worksheets,
alongside
a
new
IMAGE
function
that
can
pull
pictures
from
the
web.
Excel
2024
can
also
now
reference
Dynamic
Arrays
in
charts,
which
can
automatically
update
rather
than
being
fixed
to
set
data
points.
Microsoft
claims
the
overall
speed
and
stability
of
Excel
2024
should
also
be
improved.
In
PowerPoint
Microsoft
has
added
the
cameo
feature,
allowing
you
to
insert
a
live
camera
feed
into
slides.
PowerPoint
also
has
a
new
recording
studio
feature
that
includes
recording
features
for
narration,
animations,
transitions,
and
inking.
You
can
also
add
closed
captions
or
subtitles
to
videos
and
audio
files
in
slides,
making
presentations
a
lot
more
accessible.
Outlook
2024
has
improvements
to
search.Image:
Microsoft
Outlook
2024
includes
improvements
to
search
so
you
get
more
relevant
results
for
messages,
attachments,
contacts,
and
calendar
entries.
This
latest
Outlook
release
also
includes
more
options
for
meetings,
including
the
ability
to
automatically
shorten
them.
Mac
users
can
also
customize
swipe
left
and
right
gestures
in
Outlook.
In
Word,
Excel,
and
PowerPoint
you
can
now
insert
a
picture
easily
from
an
Android
mobile
device,
and
Microsoft
is
also
supporting
version
1.4
of
the
OpenDocument
format
(ODF)
which
includes
a
variety
of
new
improvements.
Word
and
PowerPoint
also
include
the
ability
to
like
and
react
to
comments
in
documents.
Word
2024
has
an
improved
file
recovery
feature.Image:
Microsoft
Word
2024
users
will
also
be
able
to
recover
a
session
if
your
PC
crashes.
Word
will
automatically
open
all
the
documents
you
had
open
before
your
PC
crashed,
you
lost
power,
or
Word
simply
closed
unexpectedly.
OneNote
2024
users
will
also
get
access
to
the
new
inking
and
drawing
experience.
Microsoft
says
Office
2024
will
require
a
Microsoft
account
and
an
internet
connection,
but
if
it’s
anything
like
Office
2021
then
you’ll
only
need
an
internet
connection
to
install
the
suite,
activate
it,
and
get
any
security
updates.
Office
2024
will
run
on
Windows
10
and
11
as
well
as
the
three
most
recent
releases
of
macOS.
Office
2024
will
be
available
in
two
different
editions.
Office
Home
2024,
priced
at
$149.99,
includes
Word,
Excel,
PowerPoint,
and
OneNote
for
PC
or
Mac.
If
you
want
Outlook,
you’ll
need
to
purchase
the
$249.99
Office
Home
and
Business
2024
version,
which
also
includes
the
rights
to
use
the
apps
for
commercial
purposes.
(Originally posted by Tom Warren)
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