Microsoft office articles

Microsoft Office is down to $54 for a lifetime license

TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without recurring subscription fees, Microsoft Office 2021 is available for just $59 for a limited time – an incredible deal and one of the lowest prices we've seen this year. This offer provides all the essential tools you need for work or personal projects at over 70% off the regular price.

Microsoft is testing a free ad-supported version of Office that only saves files to the cloud

Microsoft proposes new Office and Teams pricing to avoid massive EU fine

Get a Microsoft Office lifetime license for $29, no subscription required

Microsoft 365 Copilot launch sparks backlash over price hike and user issues

Developer ports Doom into a Microsoft Word document

Unlock your productivity with the latest Microsoft Office 2024 for $119

Hacking group claims to have cracked Microsoft's software licensing security on a massive scale

Microsoft Teams previews real-time translation for conference calls, coming next year

CrowdStrike part 2 crashes Microsoft Office on Windows 11 24H2

Bug alert: How to prevent Microsoft 365 from unintentionally deleting Word documents

Microsoft's top project management tool is just $18 now

Microsoft Office 2024 is now available for $149, keeping the non-subscription option alive

Upgrade your diagramming game with Microsoft Visio for just $20

Microsoft is trying to kill ActiveX controls in Office for good

In context: Microsoft introduced ActiveX in 1996 during Windows 95 days. So, in technological terms, it's ancient. Redmond designed it as a developer framework, allowing users to embed interactive objects into Windows applications and Internet Explorer. However, ActiveX eventually became a security threat that the tech giant's engineers are understandably trying to remove.

Bill Gates, a bug, and a late-night fix: A classic tech support tale

Microsoft Outlook users should update the client ASAP

Microsoft Office adds support for OpenDocument format 1.4, raising interoperability concerns

Microsoft faces heavy fines after EU investigation into unfair Teams bundles

Pasting into Microsoft Word no longer ruins your formatting by default

Windows and Microsoft Office are being replaced with Linux and LibreOffice in this German state

Customers complain that Copilot isn't as good as ChatGPT, Microsoft blames misunderstanding and misuse

Formula 1 chief retires "impossible to navigate" Excel spreadsheet used to manage car parts

WTF?! When James Vowles took over as team principal for the Williams F1 crew in early 2023, he knew they lagged behind the competition in several key areas. Pat Fry joined the team later that year as chief technical officer, and the two quickly determined that Williams' use of Microsoft Excel to manage its car build workbook was a problem.

Microsoft confirms standalone Office 2024 is coming to Windows and Mac later this year

Hobbyist builds fully functioning 16-bit CPU in Microsoft Excel

In a nutshell: In an impressive display of creativity and technical finesse, a hobbyist has managed to build a fully functioning 16-bit CPU entirely within Microsoft Excel. The project provides a unique hands-on way to explore low-level computing concepts and highlights Excel's flexibility beyond boring spreadsheets, letting anyone download and tinker with a miniature computer architecture.