Vole makes it clear that its main focus remains in its subscription offering, Microsoft 365, it will release the one-time purchase Office 2021 for those who aren't ready to move to the cloud.

Microsoft said Office 2021 will arrive in two flavours: one for commercial users, called Office LTSC (which stands for Long Term Servicing Channel), and one for home use.

Office LTSC will include enhanced accessibility features, performance improvements across Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and visual improvements, like dark mode support across apps. It's meant for specialty situations, as opposed to for an entire organisation, such as process control devices on the manufacturing floor that are not connected to the internet.

 More details about pricing and new features for the commercial version and the personal version will be announced when Office 2021 is closer to general availability.

Both will have both Windows and Mac versions, and will ship with the OneNote app. They will also ship both 32- and 64-bit versions, according to the post. Microsoft will support the software for five years, and said it does not plan to change the price at the time of release.