<![CDATA[ Latest from Tom's Hardware in Microsoft-office ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/applications/microsoft-office Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:47:31 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Expert maps out more than 80 different Microsoft Copilot products, but there may be more than 100 — 'What happens when you name everything Copilot,' an AI consultant mapped out the myriad products ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/at-least-80-different-microsoft-copilot-products-have-been-mapped-out-by-expert-but-there-may-be-more-than-100-microsoft-doesnt-have-a-singular-list-available-so-ai-consultant-mapped-out-the-myriad-products rBgbT9LWzn7BgVvs4L9p6Q Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:47:31 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:06:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Artemis II astronaut finds two Outlook instances running on computers, calls on Houston to fix Microsoft anomaly — puzzled caller describes ‘two Outlooks, and neither one of those are working’ ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/artemis-ii-astronaut-finds-two-outlook-instances-running-on-computers-call-on-houston-to-fix-microsoft-anomaly-puzzled-caller-describes-two-outlooks-and-neither-one-of-those-are-working NqCHQskxLzHLrozLDGiCcb Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:11:33 +0000 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:03:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ ‘LeBron James of Excel spreadsheets’ celebrates 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships win — beat 256 other spreadsheet whizzes to claim the $60,000 first prize in Las Vegas tournament ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/lebron-james-of-excel-spreadsheets-celebrates-2025-microsoft-excel-world-championships-win-beat-256-other-spreadsheet-whizzes-to-claim-the-usd60-000-first-prize-in-las-vegas-tournament 8Y3JxHSC8YzMqqFWHufnLh Sun, 21 Dec 2025 13:15:00 +0000 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 13:26:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft will force install the Copilot AI app for users with desktop versions of 365 apps like Word and Excel — coming October, with no way to opt out for personal users ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-will-force-install-the-copilot-ai-app-for-users-with-desktop-versions-of-365-apps-like-word-and-excel-coming-october-with-no-way-to-opt-out-for-personal-users 56zKgaWzNsDu8xtzZvt8gZ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:53:41 +0000 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:02:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft offers a one-year free Microsoft 365 subscription to college students — eligible users get 50% off the monthly plan after the first year ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-offers-a-one-year-free-microsoft-365-subscription-to-college-students-eligible-users-get-50-percent-off-the-monthly-plan-after-the-first-year VArEzNJGBPJyr4sKgwYfBC Sat, 06 Sep 2025 15:23:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft warns of Outlook Classic bug that can crank CPU use up to 50% when typing ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-warns-of-outlook-classic-bug-that-can-crank-cpu-use-up-to-50-percent-when-typing S6i4boApUezjVUmsrQz9jE Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:45:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft's ad-supported version of Office only saves to OneDrive ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsofts-ad-supported-version-of-office-only-saves-to-onedrive mBBPBuBNfLzjhdYmhALY6c Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:56:21 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:37:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft 365 sees 43% price hike thanks to Copilot — existing customers safe until renewal ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-365-sees-43-percent-price-hike-thanks-to-copilot-existing-customers-safe-until-renewal pZ3psyqaAeToVWHYVYyaAR Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:42:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ University student builds simple raycaster maze demo with transparency support in Microsoft Excel ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/university-student-builds-simple-raycaster-maze-demo-with-transparency-support-in-microsoft-excel 4Y5Wr4yyxAwX5cGBt6jqYa Fri, 18 Oct 2024 09:48:07 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:02:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft 365 Word bug deletes your document if you use a specific file name ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-365-word-bug-deletes-your-document-if-you-use-a-specific-file-name 5i3AcmUvRBNoAqqfNkNXQc Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:57:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Office 2007 infosec researcher recalls panic after major bug announcement turned out to be a false positive ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/office-2007-infosec-researcher-recalls-panic-after-major-bug-announcement-turned-out-to-be-a-false-positive GsafXqumCN6mJrovCXEj3K Sun, 09 Jun 2024 16:32:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft introduces Copilot Pro subscription for $20 per month, runs across your devices and uses GPT-4 Turbo ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-copilot-pro-subscription-20-per-month-gpt-4-turbo baMNXSKBJjzLZUji7GXMpD Mon, 15 Jan 2024 20:23:00 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:54:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft's New 365 Basic Plan: $2 a Month Includes 100GB OneDrive, Ad-Free Outlook ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsofts-new-365-basic-plan-dollar2-a-month-includes-100gb-onedrive-ad-free-outlook V3cKQVBLhpgEF7sp34sGDb Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:15:10 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:51:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Rebrand Sees Microsoft Office Become Microsoft 365 ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-rebrand-microsoft-365 Uuh7Dsqyeuqg2DbeEDDnZ7 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:11:27 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:24:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Scammers Distribute Fake Microsoft Office USB Sticks With Malware ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/scammers-distribute-fake-microsoft-office-usb-sticks-with-malware 8F7wbKZsqsE7CX8NNc8XcZ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 23:31:33 +0000 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:13:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ Office 2021 To Be Released Alongside Windows 11 ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-11-and-office-2021-release-together Foq39CqvfvfsMVXsL9wzu4 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:30:15 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:24:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft to Release Office 2021 on October 5 ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-to-release-office-2021-on-october-5 D4H3Lkeeapp4EW5VSrhSya Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:17:58 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:24:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to Get Microsoft Office for Free (or Under $50) ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/get-microsoft-office-free-or-cheap,6348.html ii6Do2YZ6pQ2p2AmqBcBY5 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:38:14 +0000 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:55:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Office to Lack Native Apple Silicon Support at First ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/Microsoft-Office-no-native-Apple-silicon-support-at-launch zs6V3G9MD8Zrtv3ctNZhaE Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:22:37 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:57:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here's why this small business owner uses Microsoft 365 Business from Dell ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/heres-why-this-small-business-owner-uses-microsoft-365-business-from-dell figeUFdWagRKDzP33JQdLj Fri, 26 Jun 2020 04:01:10 +0000 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:44:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fluid Framework Comes to Outlook, Office.com, Gets Open Sourced ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/fluid-framework-outlook-office-365-open-source s2FiA39ePLBRPe7zDZFJTc Tue, 19 May 2020 15:00:15 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:20:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Azure Demand up 775% in Social Distancing Areas ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-azure-demand-increase-coronavirus-social-distancing sfLXw42LBGwARU2KJiyzyS Mon, 30 Mar 2020 13:21:59 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:41:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to Use XLOOKUP in Excel: VLOOKUP on Steroids ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/how-to-use-xlookup-to-match-data XriYEm23JkckCjqvYmaqak Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:00:10 +0000 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 14:00:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Consolidates Word, Excel, PowerPoint Into a Single Mobile App ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-mobile-app-unified-word-excel zoyGSRJ3Ao9wkmNCqB2584 Tue, 05 Nov 2019 16:13:56 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:58:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dark Mode Comes to Microsoft 365 ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-365-dark-mode-theme-update,40270.html VuzfwPV96RXwH7DKAHzMVQ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:08:02 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:13:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Word for Android Passes 1 Billion Installs ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-word-android-1-billion-installs,39914.html 2R2A3Qj9ixU5WKCA5eoMA9 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 17:56:02 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:27:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Testing New Office Key ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-key-test,39675.html ejy4oKsDxVTtHTd47QH3mD Tue, 18 Jun 2019 19:31:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:24:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Slams Office 2019 in Office 365 Ads ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-365-ad-slams-office-2019,38573.html b7ThR7hVs5ESFuu3Z7iUzS Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:16:02 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:51:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft's Trying Out a New Office App and Redesigned Start Menu ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-preview-build-18305-redesigned-start,38275.html QUpWXZcaUMBmXT5bQ6LLWB Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:20:08 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:49:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Pulls (Some) Crash-Inducing Office Updates ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-pulls-office-updates-crashing-issues,38102.html yHFYmfsAesSD4niZSr4cjf Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:54:02 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:50:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Ups Office 2019 Prices to Push Office 365 Subscriptions ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-raises-office-2019-prices,37988.html nPtfp5orRNgFD6EDixfVmc Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:08:02 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:27:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Unpatched Microsoft Office Flaws Used to Steal Files ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-flaws-felixroot-campaign,37517.html T4UQw8Mj5RJLrMqsqhHdUY Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:02:02 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:11:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Malicious Microsoft Word Files Use New Techniques To Evade Security Sandboxes ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/malicious-word-files-evade-sandboxes,32034.html ucqk89yNhv3hNL6f53PAwg Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:45:01 +0000 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:45:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Confirmed: Microsoft Office Universal Apps Launching Along With Windows 10 On July 29 ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/universal-apps-launch-with-win10,29560.html K4wmJUhvQniUeL2DbqEQBP Fri, 10 Jul 2015 18:30:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:57:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Recaps Current Office 2016 Features ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/office-2016-shows-new-features,29494.html 6wUZNSm9NXfonMUbYNrABh Wed, 01 Jul 2015 22:20:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:57:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Releases Office For Android Phone, Free To Download ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/office-for-android-phones-released,29448.html F87J5XxTxGL39Gow894avB Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:20:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:24:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ ASRock Beebox Braswell-Based NUCs, A Silent PC For The Office ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/asrock-beebox-braswell-nucs,29272.html 7UGbEqrracH9oYtskXFMA7 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:10:00 +0000 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:59:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Releases Preview Office Apps For Android Smartphones ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-android-word-excel,29136.html VDiH2NGatLU2kD8kVbHVmN Tue, 19 May 2015 19:15:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:24:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Collaborating In Microsoft's Word 2016 Preview: Hands-On ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-2016-preview-collaborative,29040.html MvznavDUDJ2NPx2PLr4Wk7 Tue, 05 May 2015 15:00:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:30:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Releases Public Preview Version Of Office 2016 ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-public-preview-office-2016,29034.html nEBQrkAxagNYiGR6jeyA2k Mon, 04 May 2015 19:00:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:59:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ LibreOffice Heads To The Cloud With LibreOffice Online ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/libreoffice-announces-libreoffice-online-cloud,28823.html w8By9smZa8KErZRr2WzxDV Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:55:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:27:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Releases Touch-Based Office Apps For Windows 10 ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-apps-word-windows-preview,28504.html sueeCMDTfy6noCgv8LmkCR Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:15:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:24:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Major Security Issues Already Found In Outlook For iOS And Android ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/outlook-ios-android-security-issues,28479.html FG6ZqnCauJmBQxJtwoAHBB Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:55:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:26:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Office 2016 For Desktop Arrives In Second Half Of 2015 ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-windows-touch-universal,28443.html nrZs9fPZGyrgKyHyBF4CH6 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:05:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 20:01:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Launches Office Apps for iPhone, Preview for Android ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-iphone-android-word,28030.html HDyhTbQaEfzSoCGuhiZBwj Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:10:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 20:02:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Wants Office for Android/Windows Testers ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-apps-ipad-android,27186.html fHuMrX43eVCbM2nkjbkK53 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:23:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 20:05:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ What Microsoft's Personal Plan for Office 365 Means for You ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-365-home-personal,26560.html MpESZRPQkjSNzJrfCnfjCX Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:02:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 20:06:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Outlook Web App Coming to Android ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-365-outlook-web-app,26424.html amQoPvYg5WEpbUJr4UtfA9 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 18:28:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Microsoft Launches Student Advantage with Free Office Suite ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-office-free-students,25272.html fmSe7oc3T5hrqpdxveC927 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:10:00 +0000 Tue, 08 Oct 2019 20:10:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ No Microsoft Office for UK Android Users Just Yet ]]> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/office-mobile-android-app-Microsoft-Word-Mobile-smartphones,23758.html B98d4gyMzsmje2xX88iKxB Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:30:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:24:47 +0000