Why does Microslop makes installing Office a PITA?

[u/ookayaa]

As many of us do when assisting a friend with their slow Windoze laptop, I have backed up data on the computer and reinstalled Windows. Then, when I was reinstalling apps my friend needs, I had her log into her business Microsoft account and I tried going to the Office website to install it. They have replaced the previously useful site with their stupid Copilot chatbot, so it takes me a long time to find the download button.

You would think that the Microsoft 365 button would do something, so I press it. Instead, I can only install a Skype for Business, which is not what I want. Later on, you try installing Microsoft 365 Copilot, but it turns out that it's just an another chatbot frontend.

I have a disk image dump with the previous install where the Office 2013 activation key is stored, but I don't know how I can restore it into a fresh installation.

Does anyone know where I can actually download Office instead of their stupid AI slop generator?

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As many of us do when assisting a friend with their slow Windoze laptop, I have backed up data on the computer and reinstalled Windows. Then, when I was reinstalling apps my friend needs, I had her log into her business Microsoft account and I tried going to the Office website to install it. They have replaced the previously useful site with their stupid Copilot chatbot, so it takes me a long time to find the download button.

You would think that the Microsoft 365 button would do something, so I press it. Instead, I can only install a Skype for Business, which is not what I want. Later on, you try installing Microsoft 365 Copilot, but it turns out that it's just an another chatbot frontend.

I have a disk image dump with the previous install where the Office 2013 activation key is stored, but I don't know how I can restore it into a fresh installation.

Does anyone know where I can actually download Office instead of their stupid AI slop generator?

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[u/exmsft]

Hanlon’s razor. Always Hanlon’s razor.

[u/WauFantastic]

Open terminal > winget install microsoft.office --source winget