Turning off all connected experiences doesn’t work.
Uninstall it and go for OnlyOffice (interface etc pretty much like MS Office) or if you are a bit more experienced, go for LibreOffice.
LibreOffice has a bit of a learning curve, if you come from MS-Office but I think it’s very much worth it.
A highly underrated feature of LibreOffice Draw is the ability to edit PDFs. Sure it might mess up a font here or there, but there’s no way in hell I’m going to pay adobe an absurd amount of money for that one feature.
Looks like whoever you bought your laptop from installed a pirated or non registered legit copy. Short of buying a real license, there is no legal way to get rid of the banner that I am aware of.
I bought it from a legit store though, it’s not second-hand or something
You’ll need to take it back in to the store and show a manager.
do you have a receipt? does the receipt show that it includes office? if it does, take it back to the store.
do not trust laptop sellers. even if it is brand new just erase it and install os yourself. 5 year old can do it.
No computer, on EARTH comes with licensed, paid for MS Office installed. Period.
They now ship the “apps” installed, but that doesn’t mean you own them. You no longer EVER own them. You subscribe and pay. Period.
If you want to use those trash applications, subscribe and pay them. If you want to not, Install LibreOffice.
A quick search seems to indicate that this is “normal” even on legit Office installations. You can check out the link below or go through these steps that the site suggests to see if it helps:
https://www.minitool.com/news/remove-get-genuine-office.html
Remove Get Genuine Office by Disabling Connected Experience in Office
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Open any one of Office Product, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
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Click File on the top left and select Options at the end of the left menu.
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A new windows will pop up. In the default General tab, find and click the Privacy Settings button.
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In the Privacy Settings window, scroll down to find Enable connected experience and uncheck it.
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Click OK to save changes.
(In Outlook 2016 and later, you should navigate to File > Office Account > Account Privacy > Manage Settings. Turn off this connected experience option will disable experiences that analyze your content, download online content, as well as other connected experiences like co-authoring and online file storage.)
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You can get legit 2021 office licenses cheap, I used gamers-outlet.net
I don’t need all the cloud stuff, just need to open word docs sometimes. I think I paid $9 for office and $8 for server 2022.
If you’re an invested user of Office, just get the Microsoft 365 suite. It’s a decent value. If you aren’t that picky, online office is pretty decent too. And of course there’s always LibreOffice.
If I’m doing online anything, I’m doing Google docs and sheets.
