TL;DR: Free productivity apps are fine—until they aren’t. Get a lifetime of Microsoft Office’s Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ...

If you’ve messed around with Microsoft’s “free” Office web app, you’ve quickly discovered that it stinks, for one important reason: You can’t actually ...

Microsoft Office, once an expensive investment (or furtive appropriation), is now available in free as well as paid forms, on basically any device with a screen. And the goodies keep coming. The ...

If you’re looking to work on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on your iPad or iPhone without signing up for a full Microsoft 365 subscription, we’re here to help. In this article, we will discuss ...

Microsoft has quietly released a free, ad-supported version of Office (rebranded as Microsoft 365). The free version includes ads and restrictions like saving files only to OneDrive but still allows ...

The recently rebranded Microsoft Office is still probably the most popular productivity suite worldwide despite many free ...

From the Cheapskate: Before you plunk down money for Office 2016, consider whether you can get by with a free suite -- or even Microsoft's free online version! Rick Broida is the author of numerous ...

In the kerfuffle over the pricing and licensing for Office 2013 and Office 365, a lot of people seem to have overlooked one salient fact. Over the past few years, Microsoft has steadily improved its ...

When it comes to word processing, most people—and most businesses—still think of Microsoft Word. Whether it's a résumé or an essay, it's most likely to come as a .docx file, the universally recognized ...

For a really long time, if you wanted to use Microsoft Office tools like MS Word, Excel or PowerPoint, you needed to purchase a license for the software. Or you could subscribe to Microsoft 365. But ...

The free desktop versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint lack certain features in addition to running ads. The free desktop versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint lack certain features in addition to ...