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Suggestions for laptop with Microsoft Office

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  • Fufu3333
    Fufu3333 Posts: 58 Forumite
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    Quick favour please.

    I have ordered Cisco001's recommended laptop (Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15.6" Laptop - AMD Ryzen™ 5, 512GB SSD, 8 GB RAM - Grey) and am having difficulty choosing Microsoft Office software that I hope to load onto the laptop once I receive it.  

    Please could you recommend/send a link to a decent, inexpensive version of relatively recent standalone Microsoft Office (I will only really be using Word, Powerpoint and Excel) that I could load on to both a Windows 10 and Windows 11 pc.  I do not want to subscribe to any office software.

    I am guessing I will need to uninstall Office 365 if this comes with the new laptop before installing this? 

    Thank you
  • J_B
    J_B Posts: 6,927 Forumite
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    Fufu3333 said:
    Please could you recommend/send a link to a decent, inexpensive version of relatively recent standalone Microsoft Office
    I was recommended to use https://softwaresupply.net/ from someone on here - it works fine
    Fufu3333 said:
    I am guessing I will need to uninstall Office 365 if this comes with the new laptop before installing this?
    Yes, that's essential


  • Fufu3333
    Fufu3333 Posts: 58 Forumite
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    edited 24 December 2024 at 3:27PM
    Just setting up my new laptop. 

    I have uninstalled McAfee and Microsoft Office 365. 

    I have a digital version of Office 2019 to install but also just noticed a program "Microsoft Office Click-to-Run".  Is it safe to uninstall this before installing Office 2019 or just keep it there?   Is there anything else I should uninstall?   Thank you
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,686 Forumite
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    Fufu3333 said:
    Just setting up my new laptop. 

    I have uninstalled McAfee and Microsoft Office 365. 

    I have a digital version of Office 2019 to install but also just noticed a program "Microsoft Office Click-to-Run".  Is it safe to uninstall this before installing Office 2019 or just keep it there?   Is there anything else I should uninstall?   Thank you
    https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/7nv2jw/what_is_microsoft_office_click_to_run/

    Does that help?
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Fufu3333
    Fufu3333 Posts: 58 Forumite
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    edited 24 December 2024 at 7:47PM
    Hmm not sure. The actual program I'm not sure whether to uninstall is "Microsoft Office Click-to-Run (SxS)".
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