Does Microsoft Office really need to be installed?

[lovehungryman]

My concern was that I was more worried about breaking or messing my system if ever uninstalling Office but as far I can see it seems fine if some day I decide getting rid of it...
This is a personal pc not used for work or studies it is used mostly for browsing, media and sometimes picture editing.
So I think I am gonna keep it for now and see how things go.

By the way, is there a difference using Office online instead?

Thank you guys!

 

[SkyJP]

My concern was that I was more worried about breaking or messing my system if ever uninstalling Office but as far I can see it seems fine if some day I decide getting rid of it...
This is a personal pc not used for work or studies it is used mostly for browsing, media and sometimes picture editing.
So I think I am gonna keep it for now and see how things go.

By the way, is there a difference using Office online instead?

Thank you guys!

Office Online can only be used when connected to the internet and it has the great features of MS Office, except you can only view or edit files that are in your OneDrive account.

It is essentially a competitor to Google Docs and iCloud but with full compatibility with desktop-created Office files.

It's ideal for a user who is always connected to the internet but can't run MS Office at a reasonable performance e.g
a netbook or chromebook.

I use it usually when I have created a desktop Office file that synced to OneDrive but i am using another device that doesn't have MS Office e.g. school or public pc/phone.

 

[SkyJP]

@SkyJP Do you have a DreamSpark account ?

Yes, but Dreamspark doesn't give you licensed Office 365. It gives you licenses for other products made from Microsoft though, like Windows, Windows Server, Visual Studio, SQL, Windows Store Developer, etc.

My Office license comes from my student Office 365 login.

 

[jamescv7]

Basic format customization can show very well on MS Office when you're document is done by other software, just as logic only; always double check for any misalign or not fitted on the page before printing it.

Or if you want though here is a silly option.

Spoiler

If you have enough resource usage then you may conduct on Virtual Machine by creating numerous snapshots then install the trial version of MS Office, when expire revert to the beginning and install all over again.

Logic here, its better done on that case than using pirated keys though