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Update 10-21-2022: Note, I purchased this on 10-20-2021. EXACTLY 1 YEAR LATER, Microsoft Office locked me out of their software. Long story short, you have to re-run the "License Removal Tool" in order to re-sign into Office. All other troubleshooting failed. Shame on Microsoft for their poor programming. We did not purchase a 1-year subscription, the software should not lock users out after 1-year! - Experienced user of many different versions of Office, both for PC and Mac, and their so-called "connected services" and "experiences" that involve their OneDrive. I wanted nothing to do with OneDrive, or their annual 365 subscription, so I waited for this 2021 release. Very disappointed, but not surprised, to see Microsoft default configured the Office installation to use OneDrive even though I did a custom install and unselected OneDrive. Worse, the installation/configuration defaults the Preferences, Privacy tab to opt-into Connected Services, all 3 "Experiences" that include their "analyzation" of YOUR data AND the connected experience that includes OneDrive. Unselecting all 3 caused the app the hang. Upon forcing the app down, starting, it hung again. Force the app down and restart. Not a surprise to see it showed my name/profile, but that the software was not longer activated. Force to re-enter my credentials. Alas, it finally appears I have Word without it being connected to OneDrive and remains "activated". I miss the days of entering long product keys to activate software. Update: I was experiencing repeated problems with the Office apps either hanging at launch or forgetting their activation every single time I quit the app. Other Office 2021 users have reported similar experiences online. There is a Microsoft "License Removal Tool" that removes all previous Microsoft Offices licenses from your computer. (In my case, I had the 2016 license and had tried out the 365 version as well recently.). After running that tool and reactivating a single Office 2021 app, the suite started to remember my activation after I quit the apps.