<p>The party will soon be over for anyone enjoying the free Office 365/Office 2013 Preview, and Microsoft is getting serious about convincing people to buy or subscribe to the new productivity suite before the trial ends.</p><p>For the past few weeks, Microsoft has notified preview users about the close of the free Office test period by using an alert bar below Office's menu ribbon. Now, however, Office Preview users are seeing pop-up windows alerting them that their product has expired.</p><p>You can still close these pop-ups and continue using the Office 2013 preview, but the days of working on Microsoft's dime are numbered.</p><p>Microsoft released Office 2013 and Office 365 for home users on January 29. At the time, the company said preview versions would continue to work for about 60 days after the new Office release. That puts the end of the preview period around March 30, 12 days from now. When the preview period does end, Office Preview apps will enter a read-only mode.</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2031138/end-is-in-sight-for-free-microsoft-office-2013-preview.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2013/031913-microsoft-office-365-267804.html">Microsoft nudges Office 365 Home users to the cloud</a> (Network World)</p><p><a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/2255604/analysis-microsoft-feels-heat-from-office-rivals">Analysis: Microsoft feels heat from Office rivals</a> (Computing)</p><p><a href="http://www.ciol.com/ciol/news/185487/explained-microsoft-office-365-homes-vs-businesses">Explained: Microsoft Office 365 for homes vs businesses</a> (CIOL)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmW8kq27InLdPOM4yp_QswuPxpv3M&ned=us">12 additional articles.</a></p>