First, I'm sort of old school and not very techy. I'm very uncomfortable with everything I do being tied to an internet account. I bought a new computer last month, upgraded to Win 8.1, and somehow ended up with a Microsoft account log in. I learned in this forum how to change it to a local account.
Now for Microsoft Office:
The computer came with the 1-month trial to Office 365. I wasn't sure what it was about, but since my Office 2003 CD can't be installed on this computer (thanks MS) and I needed access to my Office documents ASAP, I agreed to the 1-month 365 trial.
My trial is up tomorrow. I've been researching the difference between Office 2013 and 365. The only thing I can gather is 365 is a lease so it's cheaper and has more programs available (One Note, Access, Publisher). I had to make a decision, so I went with 365. I just now purchased and downloaded it. First, I had to set up a new MS account since I deleted the old one in order to change my computer from a MS account to a local account. So I'm again tied to the internet (I guess?)
First problem - I didn't see Excel listed in the Start menu tile thing. All other Office programs were showing except Excel. I tried to look Excel up in the Explorer folders and couldn't find it. I then searched for Excel and it came up as C\Windows\Microsoft.NET. What does this mean? Are all my Office documents being store on a MS server online? Or am I mistaken and just being paranoid? I now have Excel pinned to my start toolbar, but it's still not listed in the start menu. No idea why.
I don't know what I've done buying this 365. Should I have purchased the 2013 instead? That's a download too though. What happened to the days where you could just buy the box from Staples and install it?
Now for Microsoft Office:
The computer came with the 1-month trial to Office 365. I wasn't sure what it was about, but since my Office 2003 CD can't be installed on this computer (thanks MS) and I needed access to my Office documents ASAP, I agreed to the 1-month 365 trial.
My trial is up tomorrow. I've been researching the difference between Office 2013 and 365. The only thing I can gather is 365 is a lease so it's cheaper and has more programs available (One Note, Access, Publisher). I had to make a decision, so I went with 365. I just now purchased and downloaded it. First, I had to set up a new MS account since I deleted the old one in order to change my computer from a MS account to a local account. So I'm again tied to the internet (I guess?)
First problem - I didn't see Excel listed in the Start menu tile thing. All other Office programs were showing except Excel. I tried to look Excel up in the Explorer folders and couldn't find it. I then searched for Excel and it came up as C\Windows\Microsoft.NET. What does this mean? Are all my Office documents being store on a MS server online? Or am I mistaken and just being paranoid? I now have Excel pinned to my start toolbar, but it's still not listed in the start menu. No idea why.
I don't know what I've done buying this 365. Should I have purchased the 2013 instead? That's a download too though. What happened to the days where you could just buy the box from Staples and install it?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo
- Keyboard
- Logitech
- Mouse
- Lenovo
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Provider