My laptop came with Office pre-installed but I have this banner showing up every time I open it, is there a way to disable it for good? - eviltoast

Turning off all connected experiences doesn’t work.

  • Xero@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    these are the only things that came up when I search “office”, I don’t see any Click-to-Run, this is the first time I’ve heard of it

    • Nougat@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Well, yeah - once you first open the applications, then they are installed, hence the “Click-to-Run.” Microsoft Office is never free, although it can be very reasonably priced if you have a student discount.

      As other people have said, you have a few choices:

      • If you really want to use an installed version of Microsoft Office, pay for the Office 365 subscription.
      • If you really want to use an installed application, but don’t want to pay money, there’s LibreOffice, OpenOffice, and many others noted elsewhere.
      • If you don’t need a locally installed application, you can use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Office Online, free for personal use; or the online Google suite of productivity applications.