MS Word and Excel apps for Android


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Yeah, I know, not exactly a Win 11 question, but...

I'm not using OneDrive at all and don't plan on starting. I'm looking into using the MS Android apps for Word and Excel on my new Lenovo tablet. At startup, they want the user to log in to "access your documents from any device with OneDrive". Nope, ain't happening.

My intent is to use these apps on the tablet for a limited set of specific documents that will reside on the tablet only. Does anyone know if I can do that without signing in and allowing them access to OneDrive?

Elsewhere, I've read that the apps may be read-only unless you have Office 365 and use OneDrive. I'm on Office 2021, no OneDrive.

As an alternate approach, does anyone who using Google Docs know if the app messes up the DOCX and XLSX files if you edit them and later try to open them in Office?

Thanks in advance for not trying to convince me to use OneDrive. That ship has sailed. :-)
 

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I have Excel on my Android phone. I did sign in, but I am able to save my documents locally on my phone (and not in the cloud (OneDrive?)).

Kind regards,

tecknot
 

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I have Excel on my Android phone. I did sign in, but I am able to save my documents locally on my phone (and not in the cloud (OneDrive?)).

Kind regards,

tecknot
Good news. Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 22H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10
    CPU
    i5-1240p
    Memory
    16gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Whatever comes in it
    Sound Card
    Whatever comes in it
    Monitor(s) Displays
    No external monitor. Yet.
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    Internal 512 GB SSD
    External 6 TB, 1 TB, 225 GB desktop HDD, 2TB portable HDD
    A whole army of USB flash memory sticks
    Mouse
    Logitech M317
    Internet Speed
    500 mbps
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    CalDigit TS4 dock for all my USB stuff, speakers, and connect to Android phone
    HP MFP M277dw laser printer/scanner

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