Office 2024: what is new

Office 2024 is the current one-time-purchase Office. It launched on 1 October 2024.

Excel

Dynamic charts, new text and array functions such as TEXTSPLIT and VSTACK, the IMAGE function, faster large workbooks.

PowerPoint

Cameo for webcam video on slides, Recording Studio, and captions for video and audio.

Word and Outlook

Session recovery in Word, reactions on comments, better search in Outlook.

Across the suite

A refreshed design and OpenDocument 1.4 support.

What is missing

Publisher is not part of Office 2024. Copilot stays with Microsoft 365.

Who should upgrade

From Office 2016 or 2019: yes, since their support has ended. From 2021: its support ended in October 2026 as well.