Office Home & Student 2021 is the consumer edition of Microsoft’s perpetual Office suite, aimed at students and home users rather than businesses. It installs classic desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote on one PC or Mac at a time and requires no ongoing subscription fee. It covers the core academic and household productivity tasks: writing essays and reports, building spreadsheets, creating presentations and organising notes. Unlike Microsoft 365, it does not include Outlook, Access, Publisher or cloud services such as additional OneDrive storage, and it does not receive new features after installation. A genuine retail licence is tied to the Microsoft Account used for redemption and can be transferred to another device owned by the same person no more than once every 90 days, except after hardware failure. Because Office 2021 support ends on October 13, 2026, buyers should factor in the limited remaining support window. Compare Office 2021 Home and Student key prices from verified third-party retailers, and confirm the platform, region, licence type and redemption requirements before purchase.
Includes Word 2021 for documents, essays, reports and letters.
Includes Excel 2021 for spreadsheets, formulas, data analysis and charts.
Includes PowerPoint 2021 for presentations and slide decks.
Includes OneNote 2021 for digital notes and study organisation.
Installs on one PC or Mac per one-time purchase licence.
Runs without a recurring subscription fee.
Can be transferred to another device owned by the same person, no more than once every 90 days except after hardware failure.
Licence is tied to the Microsoft Account used at redemption.
Supports classic desktop features such as XLOOKUP and Dynamic Arrays in Excel.
Does not include Outlook, business-use rights, Microsoft 365 cloud services or ongoing feature updates.
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