Microsoft office wants a subscription

AliAussie71 wrote:

Hi,

When I purchased my Macbook Pro I downloaded micoscoft office from app store, it work and today I have opened microsoft office to do work at home and is asking for a

subscription!!

the App Store apps will require you to subscribe to Microsoft 365. Buy from Microsoft:

The current Office for Mac; Office 365 or Office 2019 (One-time purchase) are OK with Catalina/Big Sur

How do I upgrade Office?

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/how-do-i-upgrade-office-ee68f6cf-422f-464a-82ec-385f65391350

compare:

https://products.office.com/en-us/compare-all-microsoft-office-products?&activetab=tab:primaryr1

Office Home & Student 2019:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-student-2019/cfq7ttc0k7c8?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

Office Home & Business 2019: This stand alone includes Outlook—

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-business-2019/cfq7ttc0k7cq?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

(To activate a Microsoft Office 365 subscription you simply enter the email address you used when you extended the subscription with Microsoft.
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Correct. A subscription is required for full functionality. For example, the free version does not allow you to save files to your local drive.