It's time to try a new version of Office: Microsoft will end support for Office 2007 on October 10

One of the most worrying aspects when we get hold of any technological product is the support time that we are going to have. A time in which the brand is committed to offering parts, repairs, updates... any type of need for the proper functioning of the product. Before, the support time was not as important and we could say that it was perhaps longer, but today that has changed.

The general rule (there are exceptions) is that increasingly firms are more interested in selling new products than in supporting existing ones A situation that sometimes worsens painfully, especially if we talk about _software_. Programs usually have a defined life cycle in which they receive improvements and security updates, and that is what is happening now with Office 2007.

We have seen it with Windows XP and recently with Windows Vista, now being the turn of the Microsoft office suite in its version of Office 2007And it will be next week, more exactly on October 10, when the American company will stop providing support for said version and therefore they will cease with the release of the usual security patches.

Microsoft Office Suite 2007 It is already on Service Pack 3 after being on the market for more than ten years (it arrived at the beginning of the year 2007). Therefore, and twelve months after the arrival of said _pack_, support will cease with what this implies: there will be no more security updates, nor arrival of improvements Likewise, we will not have the option to receive assistance for problems with said version.

In this sense, Microsoft recommends switching to a recent version, in the case of Office 2010, 2013 or 2016, the latter being the most advisable since it is the one that will have the longest life ahead. You can even think about switching to using Microsoft Office 365, although here we will have to pull subscriptions.

And while we must not forget that the arrival of Microsoft Office 2019 is already on the horizon, which will make an appearance in the second half of next year.

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