No, it is offline desktop software that doesn't depend on a cloud. That is the point and they should be rubbing it in because Office used to be like that and now it is not.

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paxy a day ago | parent [-]

Office still is like that. It runs fine offline.

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gbear605 a day ago | parent [-]

Only if you have the offline license, at a different price point from the online license.

	▲	paxy a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The licence doesn't matter. Office 365 comes with all the desktop applications. You can use them fully offline.
	▲	pdntspa a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I imagine most people are using the cloud versions now