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Use Office Online in a Browser; It’s Free
Whether you’re using a Windows 10 PC, Mac, or Chromebook, you can use Microsoft Office for không tính tiền in a web browser. The web-based versions of Office are simplified and won’t work offline, but they still offer a powerful editing experience. You can open and create Word, Excel, và PowerPoint documents right in your browser.
To access these không tính tiền website apps, just head khổng lồ Office.com & sign in with a free Microsoft tài khoản. Cliông xã an application icon—like Word, Excel, or PowerPoint—to open the website version of that application.
You can also drag & drop a file from your computer onto lớn the Office.com page. It will be uploaded to lớn your Microsoft account’s không tính phí OneDrive sầu storage, and you can open it in the associated application.
Office’s website applications have some limitations. These applications aren’t quite as full featured as the classic Office desktop applications for Windows và Mac, và you can’t access them offline. But they vì offer surprisingly powerful Office applications, & they’re completely không lấy phí.
Sign Up for a Free One-Month Trial
If you just need Microsoft Office for a short period of time, you can sign up for a one-month free trial. To find this offer, head to Microsoft’s Try Office for miễn phí trang web, & sign up for the trial.
You will have khổng lồ provide a credit card to lớn sign up for the trial, & it will automatically renew after the month. However, you can cancel your subscription at any time—even right after signing up—to ensure you won’t get billed. You can continue using Office for the rest of your không lấy phí month after canceling.
After joining the trial, you can download full versions of these Microsoft Office applications for Windows PCs and Macs. You’ll also get access to lớn the full versions of the apps on other platforms, including larger iPads.
This trial will give you full access to a Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) Home plan. You’ll get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Onecảnh báo, và 1TB of storage in OneDrive. You can cốt truyện it with up to five other people. They’ll each get access lớn the apps via their Microsoft tài khoản, & will have sầu their own 1TB of storage for a combined 6TB of storage.
Microsoft also offers không lấy phí 30-day evaluations of Office 365 ProPlus, which is intended for businesses. You might be able khổng lồ take advantage of both offers for two months of miễn phí Microsoft Office access.
Get Office Free as a Student or Teacher
Many educational institutions pay for Office 365 plans, allowing students & teachers lớn tải về the software for không lấy phí.
To find out if your school participates, head khổng lồ the Office 365 Education trang web, và enter your school email address. You’ll be offered a không tính phí download if it’s available to you through your school’s plan.
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Even if a university or college doesn’t participate, it may offer Microsoft Office at a reduced cost to students & teachers through its bookstore. Cheông xã with your educational institution—or at least look on its website—for more details.
Try the mobile Apps on Phones & Small iPads
Microsoft’s Office apps are free on smartphones, too. On an iPhone or Android phone, you can download the Office Smartphone apps to lớn open, create, & edit documents for không tính phí.
On an máy tính bảng iPad or Android tablet, these apps will only let you create & edit documents if you have sầu a “device with a screen kích thước smaller than 10.1 inches.” On a larger tablet, you can install these apps to lớn view documents, but you’ll need a paid subscription to lớn create và edit them.
In practice, this means Word, Excel, & PowerPoint offer a full experience for miễn phí on the ipad tablet Mini và older 9.7-inch iPads. You’ll need a paid subscription khổng lồ get document-editing capabilities an iPad tablet Pro or newer 10.2-inch iPads.
Join Someone’s Microsoft 365 trang chủ Plan
Microsoft 365 Home subscriptions are meant to be shared among muốn multiple people. The $70 per year version offers Office for a single person, while the $100 per year subscription offers Office for up to six people. You’ll get the full experience, with Office for Windows PCs, Macs, iPads, and other devices.
Anyone who pays for Microsoft 365 Home (formerly known as Office 365 Home) can nội dung it with up to five other Microsoft accounts. It’s very convenient: Sharing is managed through an Office “Sharing” page on Microsoft’s tài khoản trang web. The main owner of the account can add five other Microsoft accounts, & each of those accounts will receive sầu an invitation liên kết.
After joining the group, each person can sign in with their own Microsoft trương mục to lớn tải về the Office apps—just as if they were paying for their own subscriptions. Each trương mục will have a separate 1TB of OneDrive sầu storage.
Microsoft says the subscription is meant for sharing ahy vọng your “household.” So, if you have sầu a family thành viên or even a roommate with this service, that person can add you to their subscription for không tính phí.
The Home plan is definitely the best khuyến mãi if you’re going khổng lồ pay for Microsoft Office. If you can split a $100 per year subscription aao ước six people, that’s under $17 every year per person.
By the way, Microsoft partners with some employers khổng lồ offer a discount on Office subscriptions for their employees. Chechồng Microsoft’s Home Use Program website to lớn see if you qualify for a discount.
Free Microsoft Office Alternatives
If you’re looking for something else, consider choosing a different office application. There are completely không tính phí office suites that sport good compatibility with Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets, & presentation files. Here are some of the best:
There are many other alternatives, but these are some of the best.
If you just don’t want to pay a monthly fee, you can still purchase a boxed copy of Microsoft Office. However, Office Home và Student 2019 costs $150, and you can only install it on one device. You won’t get a không tính phí upgrade khổng lồ the next major version of Office, either. If you’re going to pay for Office, the subscription is probably the best deal—especially if you can split a paid plan with other people.
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