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Best place to purchase cheap Office 2021 key?
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But they only seem to have the more expensive Home & Business version. Do they also have the cheaper Home & Student version? I can't seem to find it.
My version was the Home and Business, must have been a sale. $70 is still
If I get the Home & Business version, can I select to install only Word, Excel, and PowerPoint instead of the whole suite? How does the key work, by the way? Do I just install Word, Excel, and PowerPoint individually from the Mac App Store and enter the key in each one of them?
Using the Mac App Store for MS Office does not require a key... you download the apps for free (read/view only access)... you then need a MS Live account to activate the editing portion of the files... and you pay a monthly or annual license fee to use those apps in "edit" mode. At least this has been my experience...
The cheap license keys that you can sometimes find at Stackshot, and a couple of other sites, are not for the subscription version, but are usually for the one-time purchase for the full Office install, including all the normal apps included with Office, but for a very nice bargain. You get a link to the download the Office installer, which requires you to enter the key that you have purchased. The Office installer allows you to choose to install only those parts of Office that you want. The purchase fee gives you lifetime use of that generation of Office - no continuing monthly or annual fees - it's a one-time purchase of the license, good until the 2021 is replaced by whatever comes next.
Bought a license key about this time last year for the Home & Business version, and paid $30 each for two keys (You can only use the key on one computer).
Macworld.com often has those with for-sale links - but the deals only last a short time. Here's the latest one as an example - https://www.macworld.com/article/19...-days-discount-on-ms-office-for-under-30.html
Bought a license key about this time last year for the Home & Business version, and paid $30 each for two keys (You can only use the key on one computer).
Macworld.com often has those with for-sale links - but the deals only last a short time. Here's the latest one as an example - https://www.macworld.com/article/19...-days-discount-on-ms-office-for-under-30.html
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You can download from Microsoft the whole Office suite or just the apps you want to install.
Office suite (without Teams) https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525133
Word https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525134
Excel https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525135
PowerPoint https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525136
Outlook https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525137
Links from “Update history for Office for Mac” https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac
Microsoft Support - Activate Office for Mac
Activate Office for Mac - Microsoft Support
See how to activate Office 2016 for Mac using a single license or multiple licenses.
As @icanhazmac said, it was $35 in August 2023 https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...f-microsoft-office-2011.2399842/post-32413851
If I remember correctly, it was around $45 in November.
I see that now it’s $49.97 https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/microsoft-office-home-and-business-for-mac-2021-lifetime-license
Two free alternatives to Microsoft’s Office:
LibreOffice https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/
ONLYOFFICE https://www.onlyoffice.com/download-desktop.aspx
Thanks.You can download from Microsoft the whole Office suite or just the apps you want to install.
Office suite (without Teams) https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525133
Word https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525134
Excel https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525135
PowerPoint https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525136
Outlook https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525137
Links from “Update history for Office for Mac” https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac
Microsoft Support - Activate Office for Mac
If you can wait, the price regularly drops more on stacksocial.Activate Office for Mac - Microsoft Support
See how to activate Office 2016 for Mac using a single license or multiple licenses.support.microsoft.com
As @icanhazmac said, it was $35 in August 2023 https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...f-microsoft-office-2011.2399842/post-32413851
If I remember correctly, it was around $45 in November.
I see that now it’s $49.97 https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/microsoft-office-home-and-business-for-mac-2021-lifetime-license
Two free alternatives to Microsoft’s Office:
LibreOffice https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/
ONLYOFFICE https://www.onlyoffice.com/download-desktop.aspx
I bought a key from Stack Social for $50 and installed Word, Excel, and PowerPoint using the links above.
By the way, is there any difference between installing the apps from the Mac App Store and the links above? They both seem to be on the same version so I am assuming you can do either?
Microsoft Support - Microsoft Office and the Mac App Store
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...pp-store-ad2293a8-f5aa-4652-ae3f-83dda906d748
Thanks.
So the Mac App Store versions require a Microsoft 365 subscription to activate and do not work with the one-time purchase licenses like Office 2019. Is this also true for the one-time purchase Office 2021 because it doesn't mention this version in the article above.
Great links and explanations here guys, thanks!
Edit: Macworld even has an RSS feed just for these sales, so you can follow and see when you can get Office for under 30$ again.
Edit: Macworld even has an RSS feed just for these sales, so you can follow and see when you can get Office for under 30$ again.
If I am going to be clean installing macOS, do I have to deactivate my Office 2021 license before wiping my Mac or will it detect that it is the same device and activate again after the clean install of macOS? Also, is my Office 2021 license tied to my device or my Microsoft account? Can I transfer the license to a new Mac be deactivating (if required) on my old Mac?
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Microsoft doesn’t provide a way to deactivate the standalone licenses. You will likely have to call them to get the apps to work again after you reinstall.
I am looking for a Mac office 2021 deal so any suggestions welcome as $80 on stack social currently - not sure ho wi get the Macworld RSS feed to keep track of next deal..
I haven't seen the 2021 Mac edition to be much cheaper than the 70$ at Macworld right now, since I started looking for it actively.
No idea where I found the feed, because I can't find it now on their website either. But this is the feed link: https://www.macworld.com/author/olivia_dietch/feed
Found a few deals but not sure how legit they may be
skeypc.com
MS Office 2021 for Mac Macbook LIFETIME Download
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I don't know if it's me but I can't find Mac office 2021 despite searching on the site (the search tool is terrible). I would take this deal if I can get to it...
Thanks
I have read in a few places that G2A is pretty legit and has a decent deal at $67 so will look at that as well
www.g2a.com
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Unfortunately, it is "Sold Out" now https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/microsoft-office-home-business-for-mac-2021-lifetime-license-2
If you launch Office and it isn't activated, the process of activating it will 'override' any previous installation.
Also: you never need to erase and reinstall the OS. It's on a read-only, cryptographically signed secure disk volume, and won't boot if it's been altered. At most, you can just erase all user content (the "Data" volume) in System Settings. However, clean installing is rarely necessary -- and pointless if you restore everything!