TL;DR: Microsoft has launched a limited free version of Office for Windows. The free version includes ads, restricts file saving to OneDrive, and lacks support for add-ins and advanced features.

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Take that, Google! In a PDC preview, Microsoft shows off Office Web apps, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Will they? Won’t they? Ever since Google Apps arrived on the scene, Microsoft has been ...

You can now access a version of Microsoft’s Office package without a subscription…but there are a few caveats. This new version of the desktop app is ad-supported ...

Microsoft is reportedly testing a new ad-supported, free version of its popular Office suite for Windows, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This could make basic document creation and editing ...

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