September is a big month for Microsoft Office: the next desktop version of Office for Windows will be available starting September 22nd, and an updated version of Office for iPhone and iPad will be available when iOS 9 launches on September 16th. Office 2016 for Windows desktop users includes updated versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and […]
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Say goodbye to free Office 365 Personal subscriptions with Windows PCs
For the past year or so, Microsoft has been partnering with PC makers to offer free 1-year subscriptions to Office 365 Personal to customers when they buy a small laptop or tablet. Since a subscription is worth $70 and some Windows PCs have actually been available for around the price or less, in some cases […]
LibreOffice 5.0 open source office suite now available
LibreOffice is an open source, cross-platform office suite with apps for word processing, creating spreadsheets, presentations, databases, and more. The project is managed by The Document Foundation, which is launching LibreOffice 5.0. The latest office suite offers better compatibility with documents from Microsoft Office and Apple iWork, and mobile apps for Android and Ubuntu Touch, […]
Microsoft releases Office apps for Android phones
About a month after launching a preview of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android smartphones, Microsoft has removed the preview label. Now the company’s mobile Office apps are available for anyone running Android 4.4 or later. You don’t need to sign up as a beta tester anymore. Microsoft designed the mobile apps to be compatible […]
Microsoft Office and Skype to come with Android tablets from 30+ companies
Buy a Windows laptop or desktop computer from most companies, and odds are it comes with a little bloatware: PC makers have a habit of loading a few of their own apps, plus software from partners (who may have paid for a place on your computer). One place where you can buy Windows laptops with […]
Microsoft Office preview now available for Android phones
Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are now available for Android phones… sort of. You can download and install the apps for free, but you’ll need to sign up as a beta tester because right now Microsoft’s Office apps for Android phones are still in the “preview” stage. The launch of the new Android phone preview […]
Microsoft releases Office 2016 Public Preview
Microsoft is working on the next version of Office for Windows computers and it’s set to launch this fall. But now you can take an early build for a test. Microsoft has released Office 2016 Public Preview and it’s available as a free download. Office has seen a lot of changes in the past few […]
LibreOffice for Android preview gains support for editing documents
LibreOffice is an open source, cross-platform suite of office apps that runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac. Earlier this year LibreOffice and Collabora launched an early preview of a LibreOffice Viewer for Android. It was a bit buggy and lacked editing functions, but development has continued and the latest builds work much better… and offer […]
Microsoft Office preview for Windows 10 phones coming in April
Microsoft is splitting its suite of Office apps for Windows in two: there’s Office for Desktop and Office Universal. The next version of the desktop suite will be Office 2016, which will be the latest version of the company’s long-running office software with a new design and new features specifically aimed at power users. Office Universal […]
Microsoft Office Lens app turns Android, iPhone devices into pocket scanners
Microsoft’s Office Lens app lets you capture images with a smartphone camera, clean them up automatically, and save them to OneNote. Up until recently Office Lens was available exclusively for Windows Phone. But now the app is available for iOS. There’s also a preview available for Android. It’s available as a free download from the App Store or […]