Unfortunately, that’s it - buying Office outright does not get you popular apps like Outlook for email or OneNote. Office Home & Student costs AU$199 as a one-off payment and includes: It does however receive security updates. Buying Office Home & Student 2019 as a one-off purchase means you will forever have that edition of Office, and you won’t receive software updates to add new features or upgrade to the next year’s version. Office 365 does not have a year in its branding it as it is constantly updated.
If you don’t like the idea of a monthly subscription and would prefer to pay once for Office and have it forever like the good old days then you can still do that with Microsoft Office Home & Student 2019 (current version at the time of writing). Read more Black Friday Deal: 15% off Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Can you buy Microsoft Office outright?
