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<blockquote data-quote="509322" data-source="post: 729593">They don&#039;t need it. They think they need it, but they don&#039;t need it. Universities, colleges and employers promote a lot of home Microsoft Office and Office365 use. It isn&#039;t a coincidence that Office and Office365 is a huge money-maker for Microsoft.Probably the best one-liner about Microsoft Office on the web of all time. Microsoft Office, like much in Windows, is overkill - packed with many, many features that people just do not need. All that feature-rich &quot;stuff&quot; just introduces vulnerabilities to Windows.One of the biggest mistakes people make is to add Adobe, Office, Flash, etc, etc...The sad part is we can preach about this and give away gold to make people stop, and they still won&#039;t stop their bad habits. People don&#039;t change because they are not interested in changing. In fact, the typical user does not even know that they should change. I pretty much know from interactions with &quot;normal people&quot; that they do not want to be bothered with security stuff. They do not generally know what to make of any of this. And what they do think of it is mostly negative.There is Microsoft Office Online. I have the extension installed in Edge but never have the time to explore it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="509322, post: 729593"] They don't need it. They think they need it, but they don't need it. Universities, colleges and employers promote a lot of home Microsoft Office and Office365 use. It isn't a coincidence that Office and Office365 is a huge money-maker for Microsoft. Probably the best one-liner about Microsoft Office on the web of all time. Microsoft Office, like much in Windows, is overkill - packed with many, many features that people just do not need. All that feature-rich "stuff" just introduces vulnerabilities to Windows. One of the biggest mistakes people make is to add Adobe, Office, Flash, etc, etc... The sad part is we can preach about this and give away gold to make people stop, and they still won't stop their bad habits. People don't change because they are not interested in changing. In fact, the typical user does not even know that they should change. I pretty much know from interactions with "normal people" that they do not want to be bothered with security stuff. They do not generally know what to make of any of this. And what they do think of it is mostly negative. There is Microsoft Office Online. I have the extension installed in Edge but never have the time to explore it. [/QUOTE]

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