NEWS
Microsoft has announced an ad-supported 'Starter' edition of Office to replace the Microsoft Works suite currently offered.
The free edition will only be available on new PCs and will include Excel and Word only. It's part of the Office 2010 family, due next year.
Office 2010 is due out next year (screenshot: Renai LeMay/ZDNet Australia)
Unlike the Works suite, it will be compatible with Office, and is one of Microsoft's attempts to compete with increasing rivalry from open source offerings such as Google Apps.
See Microsoft introduces 'Starter' version of Office on CNET News.com for more on this story.
