Microsoft has taken something that used to be so simple (installing Office) and made it a painful and frustrating process. The only download offered to me is always the Click-to-Run online installer I don't want.

Microsoft says you'll get this pop-up if they can't associate your Microsoft account with your copy of Office, but I have already verified my copy twice, including my license key. When you are prompted to enter a product key, enter an Office Professional Plus 2013 key that is provided through MSDN or TechNet. Free Download Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 full version standalone offline installer for Windows it is a more optimized version of MS Office. Download Microsoft Office Pro Plus 2013 x86 (32)-Bit ISO.

According to Microsoft's 3 different sets of instructions for how to install Office 2013 LOL using an offline MSI installer, it says to sign into your Microsoft account, select your language and 32-bit or 64-bit Windows, and click the download offline installer link (I don't see any of this info), but there's no links and none of these instructions are even accurate! Every time I click the Install button, I get a pop-up saying Go Premium.

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