Software | Encarta Encyclopedia Free

: Included thousands of photos, illustrations, music clips, videos, and interactive animations.

: After the encyclopedia was discontinued, the online dictionary remained accessible for free until 2011 . Discontinuation and Legacy Encarta Encyclopedia Free Software

: It originally debuted at $395 , though this price quickly dropped to $99 as it became frequently bundled with new multimedia PCs. : Included thousands of photos, illustrations, music clips,

Although mainly sold on CD-ROM and DVD, Microsoft experimented with free access models: : Included thousands of photos

Microsoft announced the discontinuation of Encarta in March 2009, citing shifts in how people consume information. Microsoft Encarta Retrospective