{"id":1234705,"date":"2025-02-25T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1234705"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T14:00:30","slug":"microsoft-is-testing-a-free-with-ads-version-of-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1234705","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is testing a &#8216;free with ads&#8217; version of Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A free version of <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/microsoft-to-unbundle-teams-in-europe-in-bid-to-avoid-eu-antitrust-fine-090825495.html\">Microsoft Office<\/a> for <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/computing\/laptops\/best-affordable-windows-laptops-123000512.html\">Windows<\/a> might be on its way. Microsoft has been silently testing an ad-supported version of Office <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/beebom.com\/microsoft-free-ad-supported-office-quietly-launched\/\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/beebom.com\/microsoft-free-ad-supported-office-quietly-launched\/\">reported <em>Beebom<\/em><\/a>. Free versions are currently only available on the web.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The update would allow users to access PowerPoint, Word, Excel and more for free. There appears to be a few conditions for the fee-free option. It appears to include an ever-present banner on the righthand side and 15-second videos that play every few hours. Any documents must also be stored in One Drive rather than in local files.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Each system also comes with limitations. For example, Word wouldn&#8217;t have drawing and design tools or dictation. Excel foregoes conditional formatting, recommended charts and more. PowerPoint loses all draw, animation and record tools, among other features.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Microsoft has been conducting some limited testing,&#8221; a representative for the company told <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2617938\/report-microsoft-launches-a-free-version-of-office-but-with-ads.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2617938\/report-microsoft-launches-a-free-version-of-office-but-with-ads.html\"><em>PC Mag<\/em><\/a> in an email. &#8220;Currently, there are no plans to launch a free, ad-supported version of Microsoft Office desktop apps.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/microsoft-is-testing-a-free-with-ads-version-of-office-140030345.html?src=rss<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A free version of Microsoft Office for Windows might be on its way. Microsoft has been silently testing an ad-supported version of Office reported Beebom. Free versions are currently only available on the web.\u00a0 The update would allow users to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1234705\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1234705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1234705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1234705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1234705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1234705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}