{
  "id": 2029847,
  "title": "This $43 Microsoft Office lifetime license comes with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/this-43-microsoft-office-lifetime-license-comes-with-word-excel",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-19T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/tech/aug-19-microsoft-office-home-business-for-mac-2021"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Microsoft is offering a lifetime license for its Office software for just $42.97, a significant discount from the regular price of $219. This deal, which ends soon, allows users to install the full Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and OneNote, on a single device for life. This is a much better option than subscribing to Microsoft 365 on a monthly basis, as it eliminates the need for annual price hikes and eliminates surprise charges. With this purchase, users can work on longer documents, detailed spreadsheets, and presentation-heavy projects with the full feature sets of each app, without worrying about renewals or future price increases.",
  "summary": "This Microsoft Office lifetime license is a lasting alternative for Microsoft 365, and it's only $42.97",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}