Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook | One-time purchase for 1 PC or Mac | Instant Download

I read the complaints before buying this. The complaint is 365 which this isn't. Office 365 is what you see when you install it. But when you click on Account for each app it says 2021. I had the 365 subscription and these apps are not this. This Outlook looks more like my 2013 Outlook except dark mode is an option. I also have 2016. But 2016 does not come with Outlook. I've only installed 2021 for less than a week, for both Windows 10 and Windows 11, on the same computer, on separate SSD's. I used my 2013 pst file for the 2021 which works fine. And no this did not reactivate my 365 subscription. This 2021 Outlook is labeled "Outlook (classic)". The reason for why I mentioned this is there is a free Outlook from Microsoft Store. When installed it is labeled "Outlook (new)", and operates completely different. It is a terminal, like accessing your email from a browser. Why I got 2021 was I'm crashing my 2013 Onenote after I wrote to the Notebook from a newer version of Onenote from another computer (which has default Office). The "Onenote for Windows 10" caused no problem. But it lacks functionality. So I downloaded the free "Microsoft Onenote" from Microsoft Store which has the same functionality as the 2013. I believe that updated the Notebook to make it incompatible with the 2013 version. But when I install the "Microsoft Onenote" to fix my 2013 Onenote the install uninstalls 2013 and I lose Outlook. All this is done under my Microsoft account. The reason why I mention this is some of the complaints come from users that did not use a Microsoft account.

I had concerns about whether this was a legitimate license, whether Amazon is authorized to sell Microsoft products, and whether One-Time-Install software can be transferred to a new PC. Short answers: Yes, it is. Yes, they are. Yes, it can. I had a chat session with Microsoft first and pointed them to this page. I told the agent there was general confusion about whether the software could be transferred to a new PC. The agent responded “Office 2021 Home and Business is a digital perpetual license which means it's a one time purchase. You can use this license on single device at a time.” That wasn’t quite the answer I was looking for, so I asked “If my PC dies and I buy a new one, can I transfer this digital perpetual license to a new PC?” The agent responded “Yes, you can.” I then had a chat session with Amazon and asked the agent if Amazon is a licensed reseller of Microsoft products. The agent responded “Yes, we are the licensed reseller of the Microsoft” I then asked if this particular product was being sold by Amazon or a third party seller. The agent responded “It is sold by Amazon.com Services LLC” With that I went ahead with the purchase and was happy to see that the download button took me to a Microsoft page and automatically carried the product key with it. Once I signed in to Microsoft, I was able to download it, it installed, and everything works.

I purchased and use Office 2021. When I loaded the office programs they show as Office 2021. However, Office 365 shows as installed on my PC, and Office 2021 does not show as installed. I never accepted or installed 365 nor do I want it at all. Now, when I use Office 2021, such as Word, there are all kinds of freeze ups because it has been converted to Office 365 and is functioning on line. Further evidence of the bate and switch is that it will not work offline, even though it is supposed to be installed on my computer. I am disappointed that I have been sold one thing and got another. There is also nothing I can do about it since Micro Soft has no rep to contact. Their business model is: “Talk to the Hand.” Ripped Off

I decided to buy a one-time license key with a more current version of Office for a new machine I'd set up. It went pretty smoothly until once, installed, I selected the app with Outlook (new) beside it. There was no option for choosing the .PST file on my new hard drive--the one with all my contacts, calendars, settings etc. It said the only way to use an existing file was to have a 365 subscription. I had a few choice words over that. Fortunately, I figured out I could uninstall the app called Outlook (new) and choose the other Outlook app. (Anyone remember New Coke that launched and went away? Yep. Outlook (new) is about like that in my opinion.) When I installed the regular Outlook, it immediately populated with the data from .PST file I'd copied to my hard drive. I got maybe two prompts for a PW--one for two different emails I use that are associated with my business account.

Microsoft wants everyone to subscribe to their online version of Office “on the cloud,” but I still prefer this buy once and use forever format they still offer. Excel is the most useful product ever, but Word and PowerPoint are OK. I like Thunderbird better than Outlook. This Office suite was once highly recommended, but now you should get a more recent version (2024 or later).

Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 contains the classic versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. It does NOT contain Microsoft Access or Publisher, which you will have to buy separately. This item is not a disc in a box. What you receive is a digital code so you can download it instantly. I love that this is a one-time purchase! No need to sign up for a silly subscription! I installed it on my new ASUS Vivobook 17″ Laptop with no problem and everything works great.

Great for my home office. Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. Don't need the monthly Microsoft 365 costs or the risk of internet outages. Pick your own online file back-up service.

My PC was having issues after a BIOS update. Tried downloading office again using my 365 subscription but kept crashing. I needed Office working on my computer in a hurry so I assumed the 365 download was corrupted. So I Uninstalled my previous Office completely again and downloaded this. Turns out it downloads from the same server as 365. The issue was my PC and not my Office program at all. KEPT CRASHING AND NON-REFUNDABLE. Lol. Wasted money for me. I finally erased my entire hard drive and did a new Windows install. The Office download link said I already used it once so it cannot be used again. What a bust! Still giving it 5 stars since the download itself was not the issue and I can't live without Office.