Office where to buy and which?

I have bought a new notebook with Windows 10 and would like to install Microsoft Office with Word, Power Point, Excel, etc.

I do not want to subscribe to Mirosoft, but a single purchase.

The offers are quite confusing for me. Can you please give me some advice on which version and where to buy it? - Open Office is out of the question.

https://products.office.com/...ucts?tab=1

Office Home & Student

"Dark channels" carry certain risks:

https://www.heise.de/...79445.html

Look here: https://www.software-freund.de/Microsoft-Office-2016-Standard.html This is just the product key. You get it along with the download link after payment by e-mail sent. Do not delete this e-mail, but save it if you need to reinstall.

Consists of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook.

That looks good, I think I'll take it.

Office 2019 might be known from this year. Microsoft seems to have noticed that the subscription also scared people.

However, one should be careful when licenses are permanently valid for a pocket money price. One at Microsoft or also in the electrical trade for the same well the 5-10 times and more pays.

Here you should take a closer look at the shops. Possibly. Have the licenses been bought up somewhere? If MS ever locks it, your software may not work anymore.

Otherwise the way to alternatives remains.

My father recently had OpenOffice. The joke… He could open XLSX but not save it himself. And let's face it, the Microsoft storage formats .docx, .xlsx, .pptx have been introduced since 2007 and should be a standard after 12 years.

I have him to test the free-Office version of Softmaker installed. It also comes with word processing, spreadsheet and presentation. In the Free version all current data formats can be opened and saved by Microsoft. The formatting seems to take over well too.

There's the option to buy the software as a subscription but also a standard and professional version of the latest version with unlimited time and even purchase for up to 5 private PCs.

Furthermore, it even supports the ribbon menus. At first I was not thrilled, but this year every student should be able to handle it. Above all, it is clearer.

So I have to say of Softmaker I'm positively surprised. Currently, my dad but the free version seems sufficient and even cheaper and more legal than free is not.

Okay… You enter your name and email to get the key for this.

For the Professional, I think you pay about 100 EUR. But you can take a look at what the software offers.

One can't expect software packages to get legal for an apple and an egg. We do not live in a fairytale. If it were legally so cheap Microsoft would not ask for 5 - 15 EUR per month for subscription.