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Re:Restructuring a giant, ancient codebase to make LibreOffi... by fny on Thursday January 18, 2018 @05:41PM (#16182302)
Enterprise editions exist with 100% offline installation, but unfortunately, home and business licenses have an "offline install" that requires online activation...[0]

This has been a huge PITA for me since I often need Word and Excel on a computer that's restricted from accessing the internet.

[0]: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Use-the-Office-2016...

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Re:Restructuring a giant, ancient codebase to make LibreOffi... by taspeotis on Thursday January 18, 2018 @07:03PM (#16182841)
This is a bit kafka-esque:

> You need to be connected to the internet to download this installer file, but once that's done, you can then install Office offline on a PC at your convenience.

> ...

> After your Office installation is complete, you need to activate Office. Be sure you're connected to the Internet and then open any Office application, such as Word or Excel.

I mean the lede is "problems with slow speed or unreliable connections" but at the same time ... offline is offline.

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