Microsoft releases Office 2021 collaboration features from Office 365 and shows design – Computer – News

Microsoft has announced that Office 2021, due out on October 5, will have the same “collaboration” features that Office 365 already has. Users must use OneDrive for this. The prices of Office 2021 are equal to Office 2019, as was already known.

Office 2021 gets in addition to the real-time collaboration functions from Office 365, also Teams, the company’s video conferencing app. However, that app is already available separately and for free. Office 2021 will cost 150 euros and there is also the business variant of Office 2021, which also has Outlook on board and costs 250 euros. The packages are an alternative to Microsoft 365, the Office package with a monthly starting price of 7 euros per month.

In addition, the Office apps are getting a new visual style that matches the style of Windows 11, which will be available on the same day. The design includes more neutral colors and rounder corners. Also, the Office apps will conform to the light or dark mode of the OS. The apps are tailored to Windows 11, but the Office package can also run on Windows 10 and the latest three versions of macOS.

Microsoft has a separate overview of the additions and improvements posted online. That is the sum of many smaller changes, spread over all apps in the Office package.

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