5 things to know about Office 365, a.k.a.

Office “in the

cloud”
here’s a new, cloud-friendly version of Microsoft Office in town. Perhaps more importantly,
though, there’s a new and potentially less painful way to pay for Office: with a subscription fee.

Meet Office 365 Home Premium, Microsoft’s bid to get a fresh copy of Office on each of your home PCs
—and no, it won’t cost you a king’s ransom, or at least not on Day One.

Meet Office 365 Home Premium, Microsoft’s bid to get a fresh copy of Office on each of your home PCs
—and no, it won’t cost you a king’s ransom, or at least not on Day One.

 
Now, instead of coughing up $100-plus for a single box of Office CDs, you can buy an annual or
even month-to-month Office 365 subscription, good for multiple, downloadable copies of Office
on your PCs and Macs.

Office 365 (which has been available for business users for about a year now) could make for a
relatively cheap, hassle-free way to dip into the latest versions of Office—provided you’re ready
to deal with the new Office, that is.

Here’s five things you need to know about the home version of Office 365, starting with…