My dad wants me to install Office on his new computer. The thing is I never know what version to settle on, I don't want it to be full of Microsoft bloat, but at the same time it shouldn't be so old that it's missing important features. Is 2010 a good idea? I won't try to convince him to use some FOSS alternative, the last thing I need is him getting "old man angry" at me if something doesn't work to his liking.

>>106125052 (OP)
Just get a cheap Professional Plus 2024 key... half of the businesses my MSP works with don't want to pay for 365 and it works fine with everything, not too much bloat.

>>106125052 (OP)
been there, done it,
don't fall for the old office meme, 2016 is the best.

2010 is the last version before they started introducing telemetry, onedrive, etc. if that's what you want
however 2016 is pretty much what Microsoft has been building on top of for its entire 365 suite. Probably what I'd recommend the most for him

>>106125052 (OP)
2016 is still supported (till October) and slightly less janky than the 365 crap. 2010, on a new machine, is a bit dated now but it should still work fine.

>>106125052 (OP)
what is his usecase? asking before i drop a potentially unhelpful answer

>>106125163
Pretty basic everyday home stuff, maybe I should've started with that. Probably Word & Excel and nothing else. And even then some basic editing, nothing fancy.

Excel predates the other Office products in that screenshot. Use Edge or Internet Explorer for an e.

I just downloaded and MAS unlocked the most recent one.
Why bother? It's just an office suite for writing some letters. Who cares.
Since i am on Win10 LTSC, there is no OneDrive bullshit it could use. Had no issues.

>>106125052 (OP)
Get 365 and get the version without Copilot

>>106125231
What version are you on? The most recent one before 365, whatever that is, or older?

>>106125052 (OP)
2001 or 2003. Anything beyond that is pozzed.

>>106125127
>buying keys when ohook exists
Don't give microjeets money. Not even if it's the same price as a McDonald's value meal.

>>106125215
aside from obviously just installing any random ms office suite because i doubt he would care, i unironically recommend him trying abiword and gnumeric. top tier for simple shit. they aren't so different to microsoft tools that someone i assume is at most changing font size and manually clicking every cell in a spreadsheet

2016 doesn't get upset at me for not logging in even with ohook like 2019+ does all while still being "modern" so probably that version

Use "Office Tool Plus" and configure 2021 LTS, it works perfect and doesn't have the aids that the newer ones have

>>106126722
Interesting. Is Office Tool Plus better than the regular activators, KMS/MAS/whatever? It kept showing up when I was looking into portable versions. The latter seem like more trouble than they're worth, at least from my quick testing.

>>106125052 (OP)
>picrel
It's because it's a fucking X merged with an L

>>106126828
>The latter
Meant to say the portable Office versions, not the activators. I worded it weird.

>>106126828
Its similar to masgrave in that it'll activate it and ur good if I remember right. it just fucking works though I've deployed it with a config I made on my parents system when I was visiting, to this day it works fine.

>>106126828
>>106126881
heres the config, not sure if the path at the top needs to match but thats just where I had it extracted. https://pastebin.com/nB31QC7H , just save it as an .xml file and load it, should be a couple clicks to install and ur all good.

>>106126918
Seems simple. Thanks!

>>106125052 (OP)
LibreOffice is inferior to MS Office. But I'm not paying for an Office subscription. And the "one-time" purchase just doesn't seem worth the cost...and I'm a cheap bastard.

>I won't try to convince him to use some FOSS alternative
Do the one time purchase from MS ($200 USD?) and be done with it. Buying "bootleg" versions for your Dad is going to be more trouble that it is worth (buying for YOUR personal use is fine).

>>106127008
"Buying", sure... That's what I'm doing.

>>106125052 (OP)
go to massgrave website, find latest ltsc version, install it and activate it with massgrave's script.

>>106125052 (OP)
Nobody tell this nigga about entourage

>>106127643
The TV show?

just tell him to use google docs nigga

>>106127122
Dont help dumbasses or they'll ruin it

>>106125052 (OP)
> shouldn't be so old that it's missing important features
Lol, I remember using Word 2.0 and didn’t even use all those features.
I ended up buying my dad a mac, and getting office 2010 for it which still works fine to this day.
I have no idea what features might be in new office documents, I’ve never had a problem with any documents except for ones that some auditors sent me to fill out containing ActiveX things in there.
Being a developer, I sent them back with my own ActiveX controls embedded in the that did things.
Never heard back from them.

>>106125127
>>106125052 (OP)
>the last thing I need is him getting "old man angry" at me if something doesn't work to his liking.
LMAO, listen here, KEK
if he can't even install office himself, then he isn't capable of utilizing it "to his liking", and he certainly won't notice a "missing critical feature"

Save your inheritance getting pillaged by a bot net, and install libre office.
He won't be able to tell the difference

>>106129215
It's not that he can't install it himself, he's as hesitant as I am about what the best version is, that's all.

Office 2010 is the last comfy version of office. Beautiful UI, no/minimal spyware, fast because power was limited (Devs couldn't go full retard like now), and all the features you need are there.

>>106127805
No the ms office software

The latest Office version if you don't want to be blamed when something fucks up

>>106129418
All microjeet installs are comped
Get with the program, boyo

Install Linux or open bsd on his shit and give him libre office or opon.ffice or wtf ever

Skip MS Office and just install OnlyOffice. Or if he needs macros and niche features just install 365 and massgravel it. The Copilot shit won't work as you need a real license for online features.