{"id":3175,"date":"2021-02-19T05:44:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T05:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1339699"},"modified":"2021-02-19T05:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T05:44:24","slug":"microsoft-is-making-an-offline-version-of-office-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=3175","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is making an offline version of Office 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mircosoft said that today that its Office 2021 product will arrive later this year for both Mac and Windows systems. The company will release an updated cloud version and a&nbsp;<span>Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) version \u2014which is essentially a non-cloud version that will run offline on your desktop, and won\u2019t require a browser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>LTSC or the perpetual version is important for&nbsp;<span>businesses that don\u2019t always have reliable internet connectivity, and prefer to have all their applications and features available locally on their systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>[Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2020\/11\/27\/build-pet-friendly-gadget-experts-animal-owners-design\/\">How do you build a pet-friendly gadget? We asked experts and animal owners<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The company hasn\u2019t revealed too many details about what features it plans to include in the upcoming release. But it said that dark mode across various apps,&nbsp;<span>capabilities like dynamic arrays and XLOOKUP in Excel, and accessibility improvements will be part of the overhaul.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Microsoft Word\u2019s upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2021\/02\/10\/microsoft-word-is-testing-an-even-darker-dark-mode\/\">dark mode test<\/a> came to the fore, and it looks neat. You can expect similar visual changes in other products.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1338345 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Microsoft-Word-Dark-Mode-796x417.jpg\" alt width=\"796\" height=\"417\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Microsoft-Word-Dark-Mode-796x417.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Microsoft-Word-Dark-Mode-280x147.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Microsoft-Word-Dark-Mode-515x270.jpg 515w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Microsoft-Word-Dark-Mode-258x135.jpg 258w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/Microsoft-Word-Dark-Mode-1592x834.jpg 1592w\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2021\/02\/19\/microsoft-office-2021-offline-release\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fplugged%2F2021%2F02%2F19%2Fmicrosoft-office-2021-offline-release%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Microsoft Word Dark Mode\" data-title=\"Share Microsoft Word Dark Mode on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Microsoft Word Dark Mode on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/a>Microsoft Word Dark Mode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Microsoft will provide support for Office 2021 for five years instead of the seven years it promised for earlier releases.<\/p>\n<p>The company said that it doesn\u2019t plan to change the pricing of these products for now. For reference, Microsoft Office 2019 was sold at $249.99 as a one-time purchase for a single license.<\/p>\n<p>The firm is planning to release a preview of the LTSC version in April, with a full release slotted for later. Along with Office 2021, Microsoft will also release a perpetual version of Windows 10 this year.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a newsletter all about consumer tech? It\u2019s called Plugged In \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/thenextweb\/plugged-in\">and you can subscribe to it right here<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\"> Published February 19, 2021 \u2014 05:44 UTC <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2021\/02\/19\/microsoft-office-2021-offline-release\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mircosoft said that today that its Office 2021 product will arrive later this year for both Mac and Windows systems. 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