Microsoft's world-renowned productivity app suite is getting a 2021 version.
Microsoft Office, Microsoft's suite of productivity apps
like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, has been immensely popular among individuals
and businesses for many years. The apps within Microsoft Office are some of the
best Windows 10 apps available for completing work and schoolwork. Because of
that, Microsoft Office has become the global standard for productivity. Every
once in a while, Microsoft releases a new version of Office and its apps that
feature several enhancements and additions. These improvements improve the
already-great Office user experience, which naturally leads to increased work
efficiency.
The latest version of Microsoft Office to release was the
2019 variant, but Microsoft recently launched a new 2021 version of Office.
Here's everything you need to know about Microsoft Office 2021, including where
you'll be able to download it, what's new with the new version of Office, and
more.
Microsoft
Office 2021 release date
Microsoft recently launched the consumer version of
Microsoft Office 2021 alongside Windows 11 on Oct. 5, 2021. Additionally, a
special version of Office called Office LTSC that has most of the upgrades from
Office 2021 was released on Sept. 16.
Based on comments from Microsoft's Corporate Vice President
for Microsoft 365, Jared Spataro, Office LTSC is meant for specific business
circumstances rather than individual customers. "We have built Office LTSC
for a limited set of specific situations: regulated devices that can not accept
feature updates for years at a time, process control devices on the
manufacturing floor that are not connected to the internet, and speciality
systems that must stay locked in time and require a long-term servicing
channel."
For more information on how to get access to Office LTSC,
check out Microsoft's Overview of Office LTSC 2021 and Deploy Office LTSC 2021
pages.
Microsoft
Office 2021 system requirements
There aren't any publicly released system requirements for Microsoft Office 2021 yet. We don't expect that the system requirements between
Office 2019 and Office 2021 have changed much, if at all. Therefore, if you
have a device that can support Office 2019, there's a very good chance it will
also be able to run Office 2021 without issues. Here's a look at what Office
2019's system requirements are:
What's new
with Microsoft Office 2021?
Compared to Microsoft Office 2019, Microsoft Office 2021
boasts several new improvements and enhancements. Here's a breakdown of the
additions you can expect from the full Microsoft Office 2021 app suite:
General
- Visual refresh designed with clean monoline iconography in
mind
- New stock media content
- Microsoft Search bar in all apps for general search
queries
- Performance improvements
- Updated Draw Tab with new Point Eraser, Ruler, and Lasso
additions
- Support for OpenDocument format 1.3
- Sketched style outline option for shapes
- Addition of a Hex colour value box when picking colours
Microsoft
Excel
- LOOKUP search for finding information in tables and ranges
- Dynamic array functions, including FILTER, SORT, SORT BY,
UNIQUE, SEQUENCE, and RANDARRAY
- LET function that assigns names to calculation results
- MATCH function that searches for a specified item and then
provides the item's relative position
Microsoft
PowerPoint
- Record Slide Show now features options for presenter video
recording, ink recording and laser pointer recording
- You can replay ink strokes to illustrate things step by
step or visualize a thought process
- You can see slide elements in screen-reading order and
rearrange them as necessary
Microsoft
Outlook
- Email translation for over 70 different languages will be
supported
- Annotate email images with your finger, pen, or mouse
- The instant search feature allows you to find specific
emails quickly
Microsoft
Access
- Updated Linked Table Manager with a refresh, relink or
remove options
- Addition of SQL DateTime2 data type
- Tab manager that allows you to see active tabs rearrange
tabs or close database objects
Microsoft
Visio
- New Azure stencils and shapes
- New AWS stencils and shapes
- Workplace Social Distancing template and stencil
Where to
download Microsoft Office 2021
Like previous versions of Microsoft Office, we expect that
you'll be able to download Microsoft Office 2021 from Microsoft's official
Office website by logging into the site after purchasing Office 2021. A listing
for Office 2021 hasn't been spotted on Microsoft's website yet, but it will
likely go live soon. You can also download Microsoft Office 2021 from purchases
made on third-party storefronts like Amazon and Newegg.
For more information on how the Office download process
currently works, view Microsoft's download guide.
Can youupgrade from Office 2019?
Unfortunately, it's impossible to upgrade from Office 2019
to Office 2021 without paying full price. With that said, you're in luck if you
use Microsoft 365, which is Microsoft's subscription-based alternative to one-time
purchases of Microsoft Office. Microsoft has previously stated that all Office
apps and services are automatically updated with the latest features and
improvements through Microsoft 365, which implies that Microsoft 365 users will
receive the benefits of Office 2021 through the service.
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