MS Office 2019 H&B Edition

Microsoft recently released Office 2019, the latest version of its Windows and Mac office suite, with useful new features slotted almost seamlessly into the familiar interface. A distraction-free mode for Word, better pivot tables for Excel, and better graphics and support for digital pencils for PowerPoint are just a few of the many tweaks and improvements to the venerable Office. While these aren't huge upgrades to the suite, they could be big productivity boons to the right users.

Office 365 users will point out that they've had many of these features for a while now, but local software fans will counter that many of them haven't seen a new bill for Office since at least 2016 (when office 2016 was released), whereas Office 365 users have to pay each and every month. Both versions are excellent, of course, and we'll go into the pros and cons of each later in this review.