I'm using a Microsoft Office Suite with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Each of these tools are not connected to any account.
As soon as I add an Office 365 mail account in my Outlook, it instantly connects this account to the whole Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
I don't like this behavior, since the Office 365 account that I'm adding on Outlook is my work email.
I want to be able to read & answer my work mails from home with my home Office suite, without mixing up all my private & pro stuff.
How to solve this?
Best Answer
I am going to assume you are actually using a perpetual Office installation instead of Office 365 since that is a subscription and requires a Microsoft Account. The simplest method to solve the problem you describe, is to first link to a Microsoft Account that does not have access to Office 365 subscription, before you add your work email to Outlook.
Office 2016 and newer are designed to be linked to a Microsoft Account. Many of the features that have been added most recently are designed around cloud storage. I have personally experienced the situation where I have a perpetual Office 2019 installation, when I log-into to my Microsoft Account with an active Office 365 subscription, it will start to receive Office 365 only updates.
However, linking to a Microsoft Account is not actually required to use any version of Office, your situation only exists due to the fact your work account is linked to a
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subscription.