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How to get Microsoft Office for free

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Use Office online in a browser; It is free

Whether you use a Windows 10 PC, Mac or Chromebook, you can use Microsoft Office for free through a web browser. The web-based versions of Office are simplified and do not work offline, but they still offer a powerful editing experience. You can open and create Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents directly in your browser.

To access these free web apps, visit go to Office.com and sign in with a free Microsoft account. Click an application icon - such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint - to open the web version of that application.

You can also drag and drop a file from your computer to the Office.com site. It will be uploaded to your Microsoft account's free OneDrive storage and you can open it in the associated application.

These Office web applications have some limitations. These applications are not as full-featured as the classic Office desktop applications for Windows and Mac, and you cannot access them offline. But they offer quite satisfactory Office applications and they are completely free.

Sign up for a one-month free trial

If you just need Microsoft Office for a short period of time, you can sign up for a free one-month trial. To find this offer, visit the Try Office 365 Free website and sign up for the trial.

You must enter a credit card to sign up for the trial period, and it will automatically renew after the trial period ends. (After 1 month free trial, Office 365 Home costs 140$ per year. Credit card required. Cancel at any time additional charges)

However, you can cancel your subscription at any time - even right after registration - to ensure that you are not billed afterwards. You can continue to use Office for the remainder of your trial period after cancellation.

After participating in the trial period, you can download full versions of these Microsoft Office applications for Windows PCs and Macs. You also get access to the full versions of the apps on other platforms, including larger iPads.

Trial period will give you full access to a Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) Home plan. You get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and 1 TB in OneDrive. You can share it with up to five other people. They will each access the apps through their Microsoft account and will have their own 1 TB of storage, which in total ends up being 6 TB of storage.

Microsoft also offers free 30-day evaluations of Office 365 ProPlus, which is intended for businesses. You may be able to take advantage of both offers for two months of free Microsoft Office access.

Get Office for free as a student or teacher

Many educational institutions pay for Office 365 bundled solutions, allowing students and teachers to download the software for free.

Here you can advantageously examine the individual school's agreement. Even if the educational institution or university does not participate, you can often be offered Microsoft Office at a reduced price for students and teachers through

Contact your educational institution.

Try the mobile apps on phones and small iPads

Microsoft's Office apps are also free on smartphones. On an iPhone or Android phone, you can download Office mobile apps to open, create and edit documents for free.

On an iPad or Android tablet, these apps only allow you to create and edit documents if you have a "device with a screen size smaller than 10.1 inches." On larger tablets, you can install these apps to view documents, but you need a paid subscription to create and edit them.

In practice, this means Word, Excel and PowerPoint offer a full experience for free on the iPad Mini and older 9.7 inch iPads. You need a paid subscription to get document editing features, an iPad Pro or newer 10.2-inch iPads.

Home – Business – Enterprise

Microsoft 365 Home subscription is intended to be shared between multiple people. These can also be put together in several ways – here the price is decisive for how many people can use Office.

You get the full experience of Office for Windows PCs, Macs, iPads and other devices.

Anyone who pays for Microsoft 365 Home (formerly known as Office 365 Home) can share it with up to five other Microsoft accounts.

It's very convenient: Sharing is managed via an Office sharing page - Services and subscriptions. The main account owner can add five other Microsoft accounts, and each of those accounts will receive an invitation link.

After joining the group, the invited people can sign in with their own Microsoft account to download Office apps - just like if they were paying for their own subscriptions. Each account has a separate 1 TB of OneDrive storage.

Microsoft says the subscription is intended for sharing within your "household." So if you have a family member, that person can add you to their subscription for free.

The Home solution is typically the best deal if you have to pay for Microsoft Office.

In addition, Microsoft works with some employers to offer a discount on Office subscriptions to their employees.

Free Microsoft Office alternatives

If you're looking for something different, consider choosing another Office solution. There are free Office packages that have good compatibility with Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets and presentation files.

Here are some of the best:

LibreOffice is a free and open source office program for Windows, Mac, Linux and other operating systems. It looks similar to the desktop versions of Microsoft Office and can even work with and create Office documents in common file types such as DOCX documents, XLSX spreadsheets and PPTX presentations. LibreOffice is based on OpenOffice. While OpenOffice still exists, LibreOffice has more developers and is now a more popular product.

Apple iWork is a free collection of office applications for Mac, iPhone and iPad users. This is Apple's competitor to Microsoft Office, and was previously a paid service. Windows PC users can also access a web-based version of iWork through the iCloud website.

Google Docs is a collection of web-based office software. It stores your files in Google Drive, Google's online file storage service. Unlike Microsoft's Office web apps, you can even access Google Docs, Sheets and Slides offline in Google Chrome. Here , Google is among the leading players.

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