Portable - Office 2013

He plugged the drive into his machine. He didn't install anything. He didn’t run a setup wizard that demanded 2GB of space and a restart. He just clicked a single icon: WordPortable.exe .

Here's a step-by-step guide to setting up a portable Office 2013 installation: portable office 2013

"Why 2013?" I asked.

To set up a portable Office 2013 installation, you'll need: He plugged the drive into his machine

"You're giving me a loaded gun," I joked. " Elias said

"Because 2016 and 365 are snoops," Elias said, his eyes narrowing. "They phone home. They want you to sign in. They want to sync to the cloud. 2013? 2013 was the last version that was happy just being a tool. You own it, it doesn't own you."