The innovation, which has no visible changes in its design and fully adapts to the design of Office 365, can be installed by both PC users and Mac owners. The company’s website states that the new program package will be available as of October 1.

What’s new in Office 2024

The new version contains updated versions Word, Excel, of PowerPoint, OneNote And Appearance. These applications are released as “time-based” versions; This means they won’t receive constant feature updates like their monthly subscription counterparts in Microsoft 365.

Office 2024 offers many important improvements.

• Excel is now faster, especially when working with multiple open workbooks.
• Customizable swipe gestures come to Outlook to improve email management and Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse on Mac.
• PowerPoint got a feature called Cameo that allows users to embed live feeds from the camera directly into slides. The “Recording Studio” function allows you to record voice-overs, animations, transitions, subtitles and more.
• You get advanced inking capabilities in OneNote, including a full-screen pen focus mode that allows you to use the entire screen for inking.
• Word and PowerPoint now support liking and replying to comments on shared documents.
• Additionally, the package now supports OpenDocument Format (ODF) version 1.4 in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

None of this sounds like anything worth the mandatory upgrade. The new features are quite niche and not very popular among users. Therefore, this update is likely to be targeted more at new buyers who do not already use Office.

Availability and prices

Office 2024 is available in two versions:

• Office Home 2024 costs $149.99 and includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for a single PC or Mac.
• Office Home and Business 2024 costs $249.99 Includes everything in Office Home 2024 plus Outlook and commercial use rights.

Office 2024 runs on Windows 10 and 11, as well as the three latest versions of macOS: macOS Ventura, macOS Sonoma, and macOS Sequoia.