{"id":51041,"date":"2015-06-10T22:55:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T22:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=51041"},"modified":"2015-06-10T22:55:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T22:55:56","slug":"microsoft-office-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/microsoft-office-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Office for Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<h4>Microsoft Office for Free<\/h4>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t need every latest and greatest feature of Microsoft Office &#8211; save yourself some big money and use a basic version for free.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/products.office.com\/en-US\/compare-microsoft-office-products?WT.z_clid=O16_Home\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Office Options including Office Online (Free)<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/products.office.com\/en-US\/compare-microsoft-office-products?WT.z_clid=O16_Home\" target=\"_blank\">Office Online offers key features for free<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Office Online is Microsoft\u2019s free-for-all web based Office suite. 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