
The latest version of Office for Mac for home users is Office Home & Student 2021 ($149.99/£119.99). If you don’t want to sign up for a subscription and would rather own the software outright, you will be glad to hear that Microsoft continues to sell and update the Office 2021 suite.

Despite the name change and a bunch of upgrades at that time, the prices remain the same. The service, previously called Office 365, rebranded as Microsoft 365 in April 2020. If you subscribe you benefit from the fact that you always receive the latest updates to the software, continuously, without the need of having to buy the whole program or suite again. The only con of this is that you need to have an Internet connection before MS Office can work on your Chromebook.The latest version of Office for Mac is available via a Microsoft 365 subscription (from $69.99/£59.99 per year or $6.99/£5.99 per month). This online version allows you access to editing and can also share Office files directly within your browser. You can still use Microsoft Office with Microsoft Office Online. If your Chromebook is not Android-enabled, there’s no need to fret. After all, Chromebooks are mainly meant to be used as Internet-connected devices! Using Microsoft Office Online It’s not recommended to sideload the Office apps, as the Web version works just as well. You can disable this mode after the app is installed.


However, sideloading means enabling Developer Mode, which invalidates your warranty and removes all data from your device. If you didn’t already have the app, you can sideload it using an APK file of the Microsoft Office Android app. However, if you’ve already downloaded the app or sideload it now, you’re still free to use it, but there won’t be any more updates. Microsoft ended support for this method as of September 18, 2021.
