Permanent license?

Question

How do I buy a permenent license to use office? Or if that's not possible can someone reccomend another company's software that doesn't do that subscription ****?

Answer 1

You can't get a "permanent" license to Office.

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You can get a one of the 3 one-time payment license for Office 2021 options, but it only has a 5 year support "life". At the end of 5 years MS will no longer provide support.

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I understand that you don't like paying a yearly fee. But, if you can get 6 people in your "family" to share a 365 Family rental, then it only costs US$16.67 per person per year. That is a good deal.

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If your needs are simple, you could try the free Office online apps.

Office Online

If your needs are really simple: simple documents like letters etc, simple spreadsheets, slideshows, you may be satisfied with the "Free" Office Online apps. You can access them through OneDrive or the new "Office" applet you may find in your start menu

The Office app in Windows 10 will launch the Online apps if you are not signed in to 365.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-use-the-new-office-app-with-windows-10/ 

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/office-apps-blog/new-the-office-app-for-windows-10-now-available-to-everyone/ba-p/353553
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There are 3rd party alternatives to MS Office. Some are free. They are very similar to Office, but not identical

Office Alternatives

There are many free or low cost "alternatives" to MS Office. They have the most of the same functionality as MS Office. The main difference is that they have slightly different menu organization and command names. One of the leading contenders is LibreOffice.

https://www.libreoffice.org/ 

https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/ 

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:LibreOffice-_Microsoft_Office 
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Answer 2

Hello justnededtoaskaquestion

Hi, I'm Karl and will be happy to help you today.

Not completely clear about your exact question you are asking but if it's "Can I buy a perpetual (one-time purchase) license for either Office (or Word) - then the answer is certainly: Yes

The following are some links for different editions of Office along with a link to purchase Word separately since you posted the question in the Word forum

Word

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/word/cfq7ttc0...

Office Home & Student 2021

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p...

Office Home & Business 2021

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p...

Office Professional 2021

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p...

Depending on your actual requirements, you can also use the free online Office apps

Create, share, and collaborate for free with Office on the web

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/f...

or you can use <LibreOffice> which is free

https://www.libreoffice.org/

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