

Microsoft isn’t fully detailing all of the features and changes in Office 2021 just yet, but the Office LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) variant will include things like dark mode support, accessibility improvements, and features like Dynamic Arrays and XLOOKUP in Excel. Office 2021 will be available later this year for both Windows and macOS, and similar to the previous Office 2019 release, it’s designed for those who don’t want to subscribe to the cloud-powered Microsoft 365 variants. Whether you have Office 2016 or even another office suite (as we'll discuss below), you can still do what you need to do: create and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.Microsoft is announcing two new versions of Office today: a consumer Office 2021 version and Office LTSC for commercial customers. Unless you're an Office expert, you won't use most of the new tools anyway. If you have Office 2016, Office 2019 isn't a must-have upgrade. However, it means that your purchase has less value, as you'll need to upgrade sooner to avoid using an unsupported version of Office. Microsoft is likely doing this to reduce the amount of old software it has to support. This is quite a drop from the five years of extended support that previous Office editions offered. Office 2019 will enjoy five years of mainstream support (ending on October 10, 2023), but only two years of extended support after that (ending on October 14, 2025). However, Microsoft has changed its support plan with Office 2019 to reduce this period. As we've discussed, the biggest advantage of buying Office 2019 is that you can use it as long as you want without additional cost.
