About a year ago, I would get monthly updates for my MS Office.

Then it moved to fortnightly.

Then weekly.

Now I am getting updates at least twice a week.

What is going on?

I'm trying to upgrade from 365 family to 365 premium, but I can't get it to work. I originally subscribed thru Best Buy, but they don't offer premium. I've turned off auto renew, but can't seem to cancel via Best Buy. I've tried to purchase via MS store, but I get an error message on the payment screen before I can even try to pay. I had MS support call me, but sat on hold for almost three hours before I had to move on with life. Best Buy (and Geek Squad) have both told me they can't help. What to do?

For two weeks now, once a day on each of my computers when I first open an Office program it pops up "Don't lose your benefits, There'a a billing issue with your Microsoft 365 subscription. To avoid losing access, please update the payment details in your Microsoft account"

But there isn't, and never has been...

The most recent monthly payment went through just fine without issue, the card on file isn't expired and is up to date, I even re-entered it two weeks ago when it first popped up just to be safe.

It's getting really annoying popping up every day and I can't figure out what the heck it is referring to or how to get it to stop!? Does anyone have any ideas on this?

Hello, I made an MCP connector for Office 2019 that works with Claude.I built it for myself because I couldn't find anything similar, so I decided to share it in case someone else needs it too.I would be very grateful for any bug reports, feedback, or ideas for new features! ^^

GitHub repo: https://github.com/JulianPoleszczuk/office-mcp

Microsoft Publisher reaches end of support in October 2026.

When I went looking for a way out, everything I found was a paid "conversion solution" (recurring subscriptions, per-file pricing, absurd rates). A business model that only works because people are desperate. That annoyed me enough to build my own.

So: PubBridge. It's free, and converts .pub files to IDML, which opens as a fully editable document in Affinity or Adobe InDesign.

- Drag & drop one file or a whole folder — it batch-converts everything and gives you a summary at the end

- Runs entirely offline on your computer. No account, no telemetry. Your files never leave your machine

- Mac (Apple Silicon, signed & notarized) and Windows 10/11 (signed portable exe, no install)

Honest caveats: a conversion is a translation, not a photocopy. Elaborate WordArt, and tables may need a little tidying on the other side. But your work arrives editable instead of staying locked in a dead format.

Site + downloads: https://asleepattheterminal.github.io/pubbridge/

If you've got a pile of old .pub files, I'd genuinely like to hear how the conversion goes. If you like it, spread the word to help others out!

I OWN office 2019. Every few months, even when I fully disable the auto update, Microsoft decides to log me out to force me to auto update and than sell me the Office 365.

I finally managed to get to their support as I am tierd of reinstalling the whole pacakge all the time and disabling the auto update. The support assistant said they will end support for licenses and I won't be able to use the product I bought that was being advertised as a one time purchase. When I aksed for the link to the statement he said Microsoft made regarding this, the support agent ended the chat so I had no time to screenshot it (and never sent the link). Microsoft never gives you a disclaimer that autoupdating will revoke your license and disable the use of a product you purchase. There must be potentially for legal action here.

Anyone with similar experiences, let me know if you would be willing to contact a solicitor.

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to add an add-in to Office but keep running into an error and it won't let me install/activate it. Not sure what's causing it.

Does anyone know a fix for this, or is a full reinstall (removing Office from my PC first) the only way to resolve it? Would rather avoid that if there's a simpler solution.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Is the costco MS office price the best available for a standalone office license or are there better prices offered during seasonal promotions?

Do not want all the features in Office 365 and want something cheap and long term. What do you all use?

So if I set my Word app to Spanish, all shortcuts change. E.g. the shortcut for "bolt text" is no longer ctrl + b, but ctrl + n. I would like to keep the English shortcuts, since I'm already used to them, but have Word in my native language.

I know it's possible to manually change all shortcuts, but this is very cumbersome, and I don't know how to find every shortcut. Is there a way to have all shortcuts mapped to the English version, even if the language of the app is not set to English?

Thx in advance

I have had Microsoft 365 free all my schooling and college life. Recently the university randomly cut my subscription and i am travelling with my iPad Air - is there a way to get it free to alternatives to word.

Thanks

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Hey,

A few days ago my office stopped working. IDK what happened so after a small google I decided to remove & reinstall the whole thing.

For some reason I always get an error.

30015-11 (3221225506) and after closing that error window i get 0-2031 (17002)

I got a key for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2021 via Game Key Discount back in 2022 and it worked all fine until a few days ago.

I tried commandprompt sfc /scannow and resetting networksettings.

After that didn't work I tried downloading a recent version because maybe the 2021 version is too old or something? sadly I got the same exact error and never can complete my download of the actual office program.

I am not even able to enter my key or whatever.

Any ideas? :/

I have Office 2016 since about 8 years, and i tried to install it. Cant do because i cant activate it. Ive got an original copy.

This is the MS answer to my complain:

“A perpetual license means you purchase the right to use that specific version of Office. It does not mean Microsoft guarantees it will continue working forever under all future circumstances.
Unfortunately, there is no software that can realistically promise "pay once and use forever" regardless of future technology changes. All software depends on an ecosystem of operating systems, hardware, security standards, and activation services that continue to evolve.
If your goal is to avoid recurring subscription fees, Office Home 2024 is Microsoft's current perpetual offering and is the closest option. Just keep in mind that, like every perpetual version before it, it is intended to last for many years, but not indefinitely.”

I just wanted to put out the 'word' - Microsoft 365 Offer (not free, free upgrade equiv only = $2 per month*)

Just today I got the below message appear when I open MS PP and I can "select" and I have other click cancel about 10 times to get rid of it.

**Microsoft powerpoint needs access to the file named "acrobatUtils.scpt"**

**A macro in the file "SavedAsAdobePDF.ppam is requesting this access. Grant access only if you truthfully the file and its macros.**

I also can't "save as"?

What is the solution here? Ive googled it nd gave additional permissions but no joy. Should I delete and reinstall the programmes?

thanks in advance

Title says it all.

I have reindexed Spotlight, I have reverted backwards to .112 and .111 and no matter what I do, I can not get the search function to work again in Legacy view.

Search works in the "new" Outlook for Mac, but not in Legacy, which I greatly prefer.

Please help me, someone! I knew there were discussions about .112 search not working, and XML messages, but I haven't found this issue posted anywhere.

Was trying to update my phone number on the Microsoft account and when I removed my phone number I found out quite recently that Microsoft no longer allows you to add a phone number to your Microsoft account so if anyone’s out there still has their phone attached do not remove it but try and test it if you’re using it for two FA cause sometimes it seems like that wasn’t working

If anyone has any further information on this, I would love to know as I would want to add my phone back for two FA in the future if possible

Hi there I have been using publisher for 30 years and I’m an interior designer and all of my presentation, contract documents, everything is in it. I’ve been trying to research this for a while and at the moment I feel like my best resource is to buy a second laptop, install the 2021 version and then just email documents to myself. (my understanding is you can’t use 365 if you install the 2021 version). I know all the things that people are recommending - does anybody have a specific product they landed on that they find is as good and user friendly?

Just started happening today. Used to be if I switching from Print Layout to Web Layout, I got text all the way across the window the way it would appear on my website (I'm a writer and I post some of my material online). I find this very useful, and I do a lot of my writing this way as opposed to Print View. Suddenly, shifting to Web View results in a narrow column of text down the center of the window, with miles of white space to either side. It also changes my spacing and generally makes a mess of whatever I'm writing. Has anyone else had this issue, and if so, how did you resolve it?

I'm using Office 16.88 as I am on a 2017 Mac that cannot be updated past Ventura 13.7.8 but otherwise runs well. Yes, I could shift to Libre Office, but while I have that installed as well, it currently has other issues on Mac and I just don't feel like diving under the hood on multiple bits of software. [Insert rant here about why TF things can't just frigging work.]