From the 24 of September, Microsoft has decided to release the final version of Office 2019 with the purpose of Windows and macOS. Here we show you its main news and how to download it for free.
This successor version of Office 2016 can only be run on Windows PC 10, Windows Server 2019 and in the last two versions of macOS.
What's more, you can use Microsoft Office 2019 with a single payment, no need to purchase a subscription. This is ideal for users and businesses that have not yet migrated to the cloud..
Office 2019 for Windows and Mac
This new version of the software Microsoft office automation is available as a one-time purchase and via volume licensing.
So we have to Office 2019 VL includes:
- Office Professional Plus 2019
- Office standard 2019
- Professional Proyect 2019
- Project standard 2019
- Visio Professional 2019
- Visio Standard 2019
The Project editions, Visio, Access and Publisher are only available for Windows.
What's more, all of these Microsoft office suite products use Click-to-Run installation technology, that allows you to update applications automatically without interrupting their execution.
Not only that, can also be activated through the Key Management Service (KMS).
On the other hand, Office Professional Plus 2019 includes the following applications:
- Access
- Standing out
- panorama
- PowerPoint
- Editor
- Word
- Skype for Business
Although OneNote applications, SharePoint Designer and InfoPath have not been updated to version 2019. Namely, you will need to continue using the versions 2016 of these programs.
Finally, you should know that Office 2019 you will only receive security updates and fixes. And it is that according to Microsoft, this version will not receive future updates of new features.
New features will only be available, monthly, for Office 365 ProPlus.
What's new?
Although there are not many changes to the visual appearance of Office, there are several new features in your apps.
In general, These are the what's new in Office 2019 (present in Office 365):
PowerPoint 2019:
- New Zoom feature for slides.
- Support for SVG graphics and 3D models.
- Morph transition function.
- Enhanced Mobile Pencil Case.
- 4K video export (Mac).
- Click sequence playback (Mac).
Excel 2019:
- Funnel charts, 2D maps and time scales.
- Excel connectors and new features.
- Possibility of publishing Excel in PowerBI.
- PowerPivot and PowerQuery enhancements.
- New CONCAT functions, TEXTJOIN, IFS y SWITCH (Mac).
Outlook 2019:
- Updated contact cards.
- Office Groups 365 (requires an online Exchange account).
- @mentions.
- Inbox focus.
- Travel and delivery summary cards.
- Submit a post-delay feature or email message delivery plan (Mac).
- Reading and delivery receipts (Mac).
- Email templates (Mac).
Word 2019:
- Black theme.
- Learning tools, as read aloud and text spacing, to interact with the content.
- Text to speech function.
- Inking and accessibility improvements.
- Customizable office ribbons (Mac).
- Focus mode to block out distractions (Mac).
Yes indeed, some functions, such as real-time collaboration and message encryption, are exclusive to the Office subscription service.
Great security features are not included either, since the application is not connected to the cloud.
What's more, for Windows, Windows Information Protection has been included (WIP) for applications.
System Requirements
This new version of Office does not require great hardware features to work.
Specifically, These are the Requisitos de Office Standard y Professional Plus 2019 for Windows:
- Operating system: Windows 10, Windows Server 2019.
- Processor: CPU de 1,6 GHz or higher (are recommended 2 GHz para Professional Plus).
- RAM: 2 GB for 32 bits y 4 GB for 64 bits.
- 4 GB of disk space.
- Some features require .NET installation 3.5 O 4.6.
For his part, These are the Requisitos de Office Standard 2019 for Mac:
- Operating system: the two most recent versions of macOS.
- Processor: Intel.
- RAM: 4 Minimum GB.
- 10 GB of disk space.
- No graphics required.
How to download Office 2019
As mentioned at the beginning of the article, can buy Office 2019 in the Microsoft store for a single payment. Namely, you don't need to subscribe to Office 365 to use the software.
Although you can also download Office 2019 free in Spanish from Microsoft's servers.
After downloading the program, you don't need an internet connection to install or use it. As well, This local version is aimed at users who are not ready to make the jump to the cloud.
Later, you must activate Office 2019 using KMS or using the original license keys.
Remember that if you have an older version of the program, like Office 2016, you must uninstall it to be able to install this version.
On the other hand, if you have a volume license, can Descarga Office 2019 in Spanish thanks to the Office Deployment Tool (ODT).
To use this tool, you just have to run the following commands in command prompt (CMD):
Version of 32 bits:
- installation / download configuration-Office365-x86.xml
- installation / config-Office365-x86.xml configuration
Version of 64 bits:
- installation / download configuration-Office365-x64.xml
- installation / config config-Office365-x64.xml
What's more, if you don't want to install anything, you can always use the online applications of Word, Standing out Y PowerPoint free.
Server versions 2019 by Exchange, Skype for Business, SharePoint and Project will also be available soon.
