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Should I buy Office Home 2024 or just use Microsoft 365 online?
Thinking of buying Microsoft Home and Business and not 365 because I don`t wanna buy a subscription!
How do I download 'Office 2024'...
Topic: Difficulty installing Microsoft Office Home and Business 2024 @ AskWoody
I've been using MS Excel 2000 for a long time now. But just moved up from Windows 10 to Windows 11 on a new (older, but reconditioned) computer.
I use Excel a lot for home or personal use. Inventories, personal databases, graphs of trends of things. I like to think I'm hot shit on a computer, but I'm really probably just medium-competent.
I want to move up to a newer version of Excel. Microsoft sells a one-time, non-transferrable download of Home Office 2024 for $149. Or I could rely on the cloud, free Microsoft365 online. I'm kinda old school, so I like the idea of having my own copy on my own desktop. I'm not spying for Russia or anything, yet I worry about privacy issues with the cloud. But sometimes even old dogs learn new tricks.
Which way should I go? Pro & Cons?
I am thinking of spending the 250$ to buy office 2024 for home and Bussiness but at the same time I feel its a waist I do have a windows laptop although. I use but I noticed I use my linux machines more then I do my windows. And I am fine and happy with using LibreOffice which is free is their a reason why using office is better then using say something like LibreOffice?
Sincerely many thanks for your help. It is most appreciated. I've downloaded Office but I am unable to activate it. Microsoft sends me a 'new' account recovery code and then Microsoft tells me that the code that they just sent me isn't recognized. The frustration is absolutely maddening...
Hello Autolite,
Welcome to the Microsoft community. I understand the inconvenience of not being able to activate Office after purchase.
I understand your feeling.
Here are the recommended steps to activate and install Office 2024 after purchasing a key.
- If you purchased an Office key from a valid source, you should be able to activate it by Office.com/setup or Microsoft365.com/setup entering the key.
- If activated correctly, when you go to “Services & Subscriptions”, you can find your activated license here and click “Install” here to start the download.
- After the installation is complete, log in to your Microsoft account associated with the key. See if it works.
Or you can also download Office 2024 installer directly offline via the following link, depending on the version you have:
- Office 2024 Home
- Office 2024 Home and Business
Once the installation is complete, log in to your Microsoft account and enter your key to activate it. If you have already activated through the website, just log in to your Microsoft account.
You can refer to Activate Office - Microsoft Support
If you encounter any problems during the above steps, please feel free to reply with a screenshot of the problem (please hide the parts that involve private information) and we will provide further assistance.
Best regards,
Ian - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist