Free Office Web Apps (Word, Excel, Power Point, One Note & More) @ Microsoft

LBeing Askhole on 18/02/2018 - 14:56

Moved to Forum: Original Link

Many of us already know about it and Its free to use and possibly for long time. Just need to have Microsoft account or create one use these.
I couldn't find any previous post mentioning about this so thought to share will all who may not be aware of this and would be good alternative to the paid options.

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Comments

  • altitudinous on 18/02/2018 - 18:49

    Great post. I had no idea and my Office 365 is about to expire on Feb 28th. So what is the catch? It looks compatible with my existing Excel files and it is free so it looks great value! It looks like it allows full loading and saving etc so just what I am looking for at the right price!

    • nikey2k27 on 18/02/2018 - 19:38
      +1

      You have to be online all the time I think.

      • MaxWantsIt on 13/01/2025 - 15:08

        Does it come with 1TB of online storage? I doubt it, which would be a deal breaker for many, including myself.

  • quarrymaster on 04/03/2018 - 09:21

    Cheers, pretty handy.

  • tadasu on 01/10/2019 - 10:25
    Merged from A Simple Trick to Use Microsoft Office Legally for Free Forever

    Moved to Forum: Original Link

    Probably many people would've been aware of this simple trick excluding me until few days ago. Came across this article on lifehacker describing how to do it. Basically you can get access to all the microsoft apps for free albeit slightly limited functionality, by logging on to your microsoft account page and access them from there. This is for you if you are not looking for more than 5GB cloud storage (cause you'll need to pay for more), and will need internet connection whenever you are using microsoft office. Head to the article for more info.

    • [Deactivated] on 01/10/2019 - 10:29
      +2

      Not sure how this is a deal…

    • Ignig on 01/10/2019 - 10:29
      +6

      This is just office online which has always been free

    • mr_me450 on 01/10/2019 - 10:29
      +10

      Office online has been free for many years. Not much of a bargain; probably better as a reminder in the forums.

    • norbs on 01/10/2019 - 10:30
      +1

      Online office has been free for ages.

      Edit : Beaten. :)

    • kapone on 01/10/2019 - 10:32
      +5

      Google Docs has more functionality than Office Online, even for Office file formats

    • alvian on 01/10/2019 - 10:34

      Probably many people would've been aware of this simple trick. Basically you can get access to some microsoft office apps for free albeit slightly limited functionality. All you need is a Windows Phone 8/8.1 or Windows 10 Mobile.

    • ozyboy84 on 01/10/2019 - 10:35

      I just paid the $3.80 for the 5 year subscription using an ebay code. works a treat

      • profar on 01/10/2019 - 10:36
        -1

        Suggest you do further research to see why its not a good idea lol .

        • ozyboy84 on 01/10/2019 - 10:38

          I did, I dont have any of my docs stored using cloud storage, its setup on a laptop purely used for office alone. 7 months in thus far no dramas. Unless im missing something

          • ozyboy84 on 01/10/2019 - 10:38

            @ozyboy84: And yes im aware its piracy and im screwing teh developers and its illegal and its an education licence that is fraudulently created.

    • idonotknowwhy on 01/10/2019 - 10:58
      +1

      Clickbait

    • c64 on 01/10/2019 - 11:23

      i only just discovered you can use windows 10 unactivated a couple of days ago …

    • cnmarine on 01/10/2019 - 14:02

      Most schools/employers have corporate accounts with Microsoft which includes free office suite.

      And the online version's terrible, would rather use google docs.

    • Benjkmv on 27/07/2020 - 09:45
      +1
      Merged from Free Microsoft Word/Powerpoint/Excel Web Versions with Microsoft Account (Outlook/Hotmail)
      Go to Deal

      I dont think this has been shared here, but recently i got to know that you can access free web version of MS word, excel and power point if you have a Microsoft account such as Outlook ot hotmail email accounts.

      If you do not have a Microsoft account, create a new one which will mostly have outlook.com extension as email and you can use the same id to login to Office.com and and access these applications along with oneNote, Skype and Onedrive (you will get 5GB capacity)

      • Void on 27/07/2020 - 09:47
        +11

        I thought it was always free even without an account?

        • Benjkmv on 27/07/2020 - 09:51
          +2

          I always thought that you need to subscribe for accessing these applications. I know that the mobile apps were made free a long time ago but wasn't aware of the web version

          • Void on 27/07/2020 - 09:55

            @Benjkmv: Definitely do for the desktop versions. Weridly I tried to pull up Word online without an account and it just gave me a white screen, didn't ask me to log in.

            • monkmst on 27/07/2020 - 11:18

              @Void: If you're accessing it from a windows 8 or above and have a Microsoft account associated with your login (most probably) then it may have automatically used that to access the web service.

        • jv on 27/07/2020 - 10:01
          +8

          I thought it was always free even without an account?

          It is always free. There is no saving here. This belongs in the forums…

          • Spootage on 27/07/2020 - 10:08
            +2

            @jv: So to confirm, there needs to be a monetary value in order for it to be a deal? Why was that "deal" of people turning their modem off and on again to get more speed out of their NBN allowed then?

            • jv on 27/07/2020 - 10:20
              +3

              @Spootage:

              So to confirm, there needs to be a monetary value in order for it to be a deal?

              There needs to be a saving from the normal price. Either a price reduction that makes it cheaper than other stores, or something that is now free that you had to pay for normally… Something that is always free is not a bargain.

              If you can get at this price all the time, it is not a bargain, just an announcement or an advertisement. It belongs in the forums.

            • divineiniquity on 27/07/2020 - 10:22
              +2

              @Spootage: I think for this particular one it has always been available and accessible for anyone with a Microsoft account and a web browser; there's no action required to activate these features, everyone just has them by default.

        • sutiive on 27/07/2020 - 11:58

          No need to think people. Just go and check and come back with facts. No reason to confuse people with your thoughts 💭

      • AustriaBargain on 27/07/2020 - 10:28
        +1

        Just a heads up, but MS will delete all of your hotmail emails if you don't log in every 12 months. Whatever childhood love letters you were sending over hotmail are probably long gone by now.

        • Munki on 27/07/2020 - 11:16
          +2

          They deleted my account years ago too. :(

        • noshopping on 27/07/2020 - 11:40

          Yup this is why I refuse to use hotmail/outlook etc.

          • jv on 27/07/2020 - 12:04

            @noshopping: You can auto-archive emails be setting up some simple rules.

      • aosroyal on 27/07/2020 - 10:33
        +4

        not really a deal. more like a PSA. The web version is all right, but does lack some features. Most people can get by with this.

      • nephilim on 27/07/2020 - 10:33
        +2

        Its good to be able to just click save, its always annoyed me how google pushed those weird open source save formats that had a small chance of corrupting's or messing up formats. I was a huge fan of open office and google docs for years, but a dozen times I lost important files.

      • jace88 on 27/07/2020 - 10:54

        Isn't this a long-running "deal" (or PSA)?

  • jv on 10/01/2025 - 14:28

    and possibly for long time.

    still free 6 years later…

  • pencilman on 10/01/2025 - 14:33
    +1

    A bit harsh that the person who recently re-posted the deal had it unpublished and merged here, as this was a pretty quiet post from 6!! years ago.

    Must say I didn't know this, so thanks to the person who recently posted this and to the OP of this thread from 6 years ago.

    • jv on 10/01/2025 - 14:42

      had it unpublished and merged here

      This isn't a deal. It is a forum post.

      Why do you want multiple forum posts on exactly the same topic ???????

    • jv on 10/01/2025 - 14:43
      -3

      I didn't know this

      Not many people know that almonds contain cyanide.

      Should that be posted as a 'deal' ?

      Just because you "don't know" of something, does not make it a bargain…

      • AdModnar on 10/01/2025 - 14:50

        are almonds free?
        Please post the link because I didn't know this

        • jv on 10/01/2025 - 15:05

          are almonds free?

          yes

      • CommuterPolluter on 10/01/2025 - 14:58

        It’s kind of like that free travel before 7am deal. It’s a bargain while not being a discount.

        • jv on 10/01/2025 - 15:05

          It’s a bargain while not being a discount.

          not free software. read the ozbargain rules.

          • CommuterPolluter on 10/01/2025 - 15:53

            @jv: It’s a free service, not free software. In any case, I think it’s reasonable to post as a deal because the alternative is paid software. That section of the rules acknowledges there’s no hard and fast rule in this area but it’s up to mod discretion - so I’m not sure why you’re suggesting it’s clear cut.

            • jv on 10/01/2025 - 15:54

              @CommuterPolluter:

              It’s a free service, not free software

              Software as a Service…

            • jv on 10/01/2025 - 15:55

              @CommuterPolluter:

              because the alternative is paid software

              That applies to all the software posted in the Free Software Forum…

              This is no different.

    • CommuterPolluter on 10/01/2025 - 14:55
      +1

      As long as people can find it doesn’t matter. They want to apply forum rules consistently and in my experience of making controversial posts they do. Multiple people reported it as a duplicate (which I didn’t know at the time of posting, because I didn’t search the forums) so fair cop.

      Unfortunately because it’s a forum post the moderator was unable to bump as a “long running deal” so they put the link in the other post.

      • jv on 10/01/2025 - 15:06

        nope read the rules….

        free software is not a bargain…

      • pencilman on 10/01/2025 - 16:03

        Thanks anyway CommuterPolluter for bringing this to my and others notice.

        Will see if it works well for me.

  • Charlie Dont Surf on 10/01/2025 - 23:57

    Good reminder.

  • tenpercent on 12/02/2025 - 12:05

    Libre Office is free and pretty good for basic use cases. And they aren't scanning all your documents to train AI that will be used to replace your economic livelihood in the near future or building profiles of you so they can better manipulate you with ads and faux news stories in your social media feeds.

    • CommuterPolluter on 12/02/2025 - 12:57

      I remember trying Libre and Open Office like 15 years ago and they sucked. Big improvements or just adequate?

      • tenpercent on 12/02/2025 - 15:24
        +1

        Way way better than 15 years ago. Word processing is fine for my needs I haven't identified any features its missing that I've ever used so I don't use Microsoft anymore for that. Their excel alternative (calc) is alright for most users and cases, like if you're doing a budget, comparing financial products, tracking your macros, etc you'll be fine. Some of the newer more advanced functions aren't available and macros aren't cross-compatible so I still need to use Excel occassionally. Everything else is sufficient for my needs; Impress for slide decks, Draw for drawing (kinda like Publisher). YMMV

        • CommuterPolluter on 12/02/2025 - 17:30

          Very cool. I’m running a cracked version but will hve to look into this.

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