Microsoft Office 2021

For the Mac version of Microsoft Office 2021, seeMicrosoft Office 2021 for Mac.

Microsoft Office 2021

Microsoft Office 2021 (the third release codenamedOffice 16) is a version of theMicrosoft Office productivity suite of applications for theWindows and macOSoperating systems. It was released on October 5, 2021, alongsideWindows 11, and replacedOffice 2019.^[2][3] A successor, Microsoft Office 2024, is expected to be rolled in in the second half of 2024.^[1]

Office 2021 retains the same major version number of 16 as previous versions of Office. It introduces new dynamic arrays, XLOOKUP^[4] features forExcel, full dark-mode support, and performance improvements.^[5][6][7] Support for retail versions of Office 2021 will end on October 13, 2026; unlike older versions of Office, there is no extended support period.^[8]

Development[]

The office suite updates include better support for the OASIS OpenDocument file format. It adds features to the LET function in Excel, as well as better search for the XMATCH function, dynamic arrays, and XLOOKUP. Ink for Translate is enhanced inOutlook andPowerPoint.

Editions[]

• Office Home & Student 2021^[9]
• Office Home & Business 2021^[10]
• Office Professional 2021^[11]

Each edition includes 60 days of support from Microsoft.

Included apps[]

• Microsoft Access (Office Professional only)
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Outlook (Home & Business, and Office Professional only)
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Publisher (Office Professional only)
• Microsoft Word

Premium versions of the apps withOneDrive cloud storage require aMicrosoft 365 subscription.^[12]

Default font change[]

Midway through the life cycle of Office 2021, after two years of evaluating five newly commissioned fonts in July, the default font across all Office applications was changed toAptos.^{[citation needed]} This marked the first time in 16 years that Microsoft had changed the default fonts.

System requirements[]

Windows[]

• Windows 10 or11,Windows Server 2019 or2022
• 1.1 GHz or dual-core processor or faster
• 4GBRAM
• 4GB of free drive space
• 1280 x 768 screen resolution (4K resolution requires 64-bit)
• DirectX 9 or later
• WDDM 2.0 or higher forWindows 10 (WDDM 1.3 or higher forWindows 10 Fall Creators Update)
• .NET features may require .NET 3.5, 4.6 or higher^[13]

References[]

External links[]

• Microsoft Office 2021 at Microsoft
  • What's new in Office 2021 at Microsoft Support

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