MS Office Question

[aviwil]

I'm using Windows 7 Pro 64-bit SP1 , and have some questions on MS Office :
1. I would like to use MS Word , and I see , you have to buy the whole MS Office , and just not Word .
Do you have to also install the whole office , or can you just install the Word ?
2. With MS Office 2019 , once the subscription ends , will the whole thing stop working ,
or is it just the Cloud Access , which will stop ?
3. Can the MS Word 2019 create the old .doc files ?
Thanks .

 

[daveybrat]

Why don't you give LibreOffice a try? It can create .docx and .doc files and is compatible with Windows 7 (Office 2019 only works with Windows 10).

Oh and it's also free

 

[aviwil]

Thanks daveybrat - I'll have a look at LibreOffice . Didn't know that Office 2019 , only supports Win10 - lucky , I didn't buy it .

 

[Dahak]

Just in case anyone pops over. Once the subscription ends, office reverts to a Read-Only / Print mode. so you can still access and read files but thats about it

 

[BarkingGhostar]

If you buy office you can install just Word. Personally, I would just spring for a Student/academic copy of the standalone product. Also, daveybrat is correct about using Linux-based alternatives that can run in Windows. I've used LibreOffice in Linux for a few years now and once tested it in Windows as well. I frequently save Writer documents as some version of MS Word and they open in Office just fine. Only drawback is how you do things can be different.

 

[Indus]

I still use my MS Office 2010.

If you bought one a long time ago, it'll still work.

 

[UsandThem]

I still use my MS Office 2010.

If you bought one a long time ago, it'll still work.

Until Microsoft decides you've activated it too many times. How many times? Nobody seems to know until you get the error message like I did I two different retail copies I bought. Plus, the's no way to call in and depute it like you can with Windows licenses.

 

[Indus]

Until Microsoft decides you've activated it too many times. How many times? Nobody seems to know until you get the error message like I did I two different retail copies I bought. Plus, the's no way to call in and depute it like you can with Windows licenses.

Never knew that. I've just used it on my IvyBridge and now Ryzen PC.

Was just thinking of installing it on the wife's notebook the other day since she doesn't like One Note for notes and documents.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Until Microsoft decides you've activated it too many times. How many times? Nobody seems to know until you get the error message like I did I two different retail copies I bought. Plus, the's no way to call in and depute it like you can with Windows licenses.

I have never experienced this once. And I've built/rebuilt my Windows environment enough times to trigger it, but the activation always worked. Unlike the Windows licensed, Office isn't tied to a motherboard. I'm still using the 2007 version just fine.

 

[UsandThem]

Never knew that. I've just used it on my IvyBridge and now Ryzen PC.

Was just thinking of installing it on the wife's notebook the other day since she doesn't like One Note for notes and documents.

I didn't know about it either until I built my Skylake PC in late 2015, and tried to install my Office 2010 Ultimate. When it said it had exceeded the allowable number of installations, I tried my Home and Student copy I bought at Costco, and got the same message. These weren't Ebay mystery licenses as they were both retail.

I used to do a clean install about once every 12-18 months back in the Windows Vista / Windows 7 days, so I'm sure I probably reinstalled them 3-4 times maybe. Caught me off guard for sure. In fact, I was so irked about it, I discovered Libre Office and have been using it since.

I have never experienced this once. And I've built/rebuilt my Windows environment enough times to trigger it, but the activation always worked. Unlike the Windows licensed, Office isn't tied to a motherboard. I'm still using the 2007 version just fine.

Activate it enough (whatever that magical number Microsoft decides it is), and you'll experience it at some point. I guarantee it.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

It is a three-license product key and has been activated about a dozen times.

 

[UsandThem]

It is a three-license product key and has been activated about a dozen times.

Maybe you were born luckier than I was? All I know is I was denied activating it on my new PC when I built it (and later my laptop when I tried to give it another try), and there was no option or phone number to call in and speak with anyone about it.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...-maximum/01eb1d50-2798-4120-a92e-eb7a62f8e5f3

 

[BarkingGhostar]

More that the licensing scheme changed between when I got my specific product and when you got yours. If I couldn't activate it again moving forward I would stop using it and either get a key "elsewhere" or use LibreOffice.

 

[mikeymikec]

Until Microsoft decides you've activated it too many times. How many times? Nobody seems to know until you get the error message like I did I two different retail copies I bought. Plus, the's no way to call in and depute it like you can with Windows licenses.

I would have rung MS and asked to speak to someone about it. If you bought a retail copy, you're entitled to transfer it to a replacement machine and AFAIK there's no limit on the number of times you can do that.

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I have an "MS Action Pack" 10-licence extravaganza for Office 2007. About a year ago it started giving me jip when activating it on a new computer (it has likely been activated 10 times up to that point), but eventually allowed it and then didn't give me trouble after that.