Microsoft introducing Office 2024 – the non-subscription way to access our familiar apps. Get ready for the release on October 1 for consumers and small businesses. Office 2024 includes updated, locked-in-time versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook1 for PC and Mac. Find out more about the exciting new features in Office 2024.
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What is expected from the new Office 2024
1. Enjoy better performance and speed
In the new Office enhanced search improvements in Outlook enable better matches for emails, files, people, or events you are searching for. Excel now operates more efficiently, even when multiple workbooks are open simultaneously, resulting in faster performance. Additionally, Outlook for Mac users can now personalize swipe left and swipe right gestures using a multi-touch trackpad or magic mouse.
2. Improved content creation
Create more accessible emails with Outlook’s accessibility checker. Enhance your presentations with live video and narration in PowerPoint. Enjoy improved inking experiences in OneNote.
3. Analyze data with ease
Excel now offers additional functions for seamless manipulation of text and arrays within worksheets. You can effortlessly insert images directly or utilize the IMAGE function to incorporate pictures without altering the existing formatting. Enhance data visualization by using dynamic arrays in charts, ensuring automatic updates to encompass all data when the arrays recalculate.
Availability of Office 2024
Office 2024 offers two editions: Home and Home & Business. Home ($149.99) provides Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for personal use. Home & Business ($249.99) includes Outlook and commercial use rights. You can buy both editions from retailers worldwide and via Microsoft.com starting October 1, 2024.
For businesses with five or more users, Office Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 2024 gives you the flexibility of deploying alongside Microsoft 365 using a common set of tools that simplify the management of hybrid environments.
Office 2024 runs on Windows 10 and 11 and the three most recent versions of macOS. Office 2024 requires both a Microsoft account and an internet connection.
