Microsoft office

[wilcoxon]

hi  back again .
I m still trying to find a Word programme for the laptop . Microsoft has hi jacked the laptop with Co pilot and it`s not really what I want.
Im looking for something that doesn`t open on my desktop  as well and doesn`t store in cloud.
it`s usually just for research that I put on a stick anyway.

some one mentioned Free Open office , would that be OK before I go searching for it, thanks.

[farmeroman]

hi  back again .
I m still trying to find a Word programme for the laptop . Microsoft has hi jacked the laptop with Co pilot and it`s not really what I want.
Im looking for something that doesn`t open on my desktop  as well and doesn`t store in cloud.
it`s usually just for research that I put on a stick anyway.

some one mentioned Free Open office , would that be OK before I go searching for it, thanks.

Why not just disable co-pilot?

[wilcoxon]

hi  back again .
I m still trying to find a Word programme for the laptop . Microsoft has hi jacked the laptop with Co pilot and it`s not really what I want.
Im looking for something that doesn`t open on my desktop  as well and doesn`t store in cloud.
it`s usually just for research that I put on a stick anyway.
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some one mentioned Free Open office , would that be OK before I go searching for it, thanks.

Why not just disable co-pilot?

I have disabled Copilot,  but now don't have a Word programme.

[wilcoxon]

I have tried FreeOffice but find that the  "save as " is confusing. 
I'm a bit unsure about which file to use.
My desktop Word is docx. I guess I use that as well.

Sorry to be vague but it's all new to me.🙂

[wilcoxon]

If you have the original installation disk & Key - just use that on the laptop

If you only have the Key the file can be downloaded and installed (legally) https://archive.org/details/ms-office-2007.

If you decide to go an alternative route there are several options

Libre Office, https://www.libreoffice.org/
OpenOffice https://www.openoffice.org/why/  (although support for it has also been discontinued)
Oxygen Office https://sourceforge.net/projects/ooop/
Freeoffice https://www.freeoffice.com/en/
and several more

Thanks. I have tried these and found Freeoffice 24 to be the best. The Text programme is very similar to Word and I  can save as a Word doc. Presentation looks  OK but not sure if will open on other desktop.
Anyway, Ive just gone to use it and now have a notification about a Freeoffice key to carry on using it.
I have to enter my email address,  so is this OK to carry on with.
Thanks