Microsoft Office
Guides, comparisons and buying advice for Microsoft Office — perpetual licences, edition differences, and how to get the right version for your needs.
If you’ve already decided you want a genuine copy of Microsoft Office and you’re not interested in a subscription, there’s a short price ladder to understand. The cheapest legitimate route in the UK starts at £92 for a full suite. What separates the options is which apps you get, and whether the price difference is […]
Microsoft 365 will keep your apps working for a short window after cancellation, then move everything to read-only mode. Your OneDrive files become inaccessible after 30 days if you’re above the free 5GB tier. Your email history stays in Outlook — but only if you’ve exported it first. Do these things in the right order […]
Access has never been sold as a standalone application — not in 2024, not in any previous version. If you need Microsoft Access, the only perpetual route is Office Professional Plus 2024, which at £79 gives you Access alongside the full suite. This guide explains what that means in practice, what Access actually does, and […]
Word is what Microsoft points to when Publisher users ask what comes next. For some workflows that’s a fair answer. For others it will frustrate you within ten minutes. Here’s the workflow-by-workflow breakdown — what Word handles well, where it falls apart, and when Publisher is genuinely irreplaceable. Already decided? Keep Publisher or move to […]
Office 2019 support ended on 14 October 2025. No more security patches, no extended security updates programme — just an application that keeps running while silently accumulating unpatched vulnerabilities. If you’re still on it in 2026, you’re six versions behind on Excel functions, one phishing email away from a bad day, and still paying nothing […]
Office 2024 for Mac requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later for a fresh install. If you’re running Ventura or older, you can no longer install a fully updated copy — and from September 2025, Ventura users stopped receiving security patches. This is the complete picture: exact requirements, which Mac models qualify, and what to do […]
Microsoft sells Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as standalone perpetual licences — no suite, no subscription required. This guide covers what each one includes, what each costs, and when buying individually actually works in your favour versus simply picking up the suite. Buy Microsoft Office Apps Individually All three standalone apps are in stock now with […]