The Home plan is definitely the best deal if you’re going to pay for Microsoft Office. Microsoft says the subscription is meant for sharing among your “household.” So, if you have a family member or even a roommate with this service, that person can add you to their subscription for free. Each account will have a separate 1TB of OneDrive storage. The main owner of the account can add five other Microsoft accounts, and each of those accounts will receive an invitation link.Īfter joining the group, each person can sign in with their own Microsoft account to download the Office apps-just as if they were paying for their own subscriptions. It’s very convenient: Sharing is managed through an Office “Sharing” page on Microsoft’s account website.

You’ll get the full experience, with Office for Windows PCs, Macs, iPads, and other devices.Īnyone who pays for Microsoft 365 Home (formerly known as Office 365 Home) can share it with up to five other Microsoft accounts. The $70 per year version offers Office for a single person, while the $100 per year subscription offers Office for up to six people. Microsoft 365 Home subscriptions are meant to be shared among multiple people. You’ll need a paid subscription to get document-editing capabilities an iPad Pro or newer 10.2-inch iPads. 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 can continue using Office for the rest of your free month after canceling. However, you can cancel your subscription at any time-even right after signing up-to ensure you won’t get billed. You will have to provide a credit card to sign up for the trial, and it will automatically renew after the month.

To find this offer, head to Microsoft’s Try Microsoft 365 for free website, and sign up for the trial. If you just need Microsoft Office for a short period of time, you can sign up for a one-month free trial. But they do offer surprisingly powerful Office applications, and they’re completely free. These applications aren’t quite as full featured as the classic Office desktop applications for Windows and Mac, and you can’t access them offline. Office’s web applications have some limitations. It will be uploaded to your Microsoft account’s free OneDrive storage, and you can open it in the associated application. You can also drag and drop a file from your computer onto the page.

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