how do I buy a standalone WORD program?

Hello, Thank you for coming to the forum. All that you are asking for is possible, although you will need an internet connection to set it up. But when it is done it is onetime payment.

Microsoft Has Office 2021 (Word is sold together with other Office apps). you pay once and it is yours perpetually.

You have an option: You can go for Office 2021 Home and Student (this does not have Outlook) Click here for it: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-student-2021/cfq7ttc0h8n8?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

Or Office 2021 Home and Business (this has Outlook) Click here for it: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-business-2021/cfq7ttc0hpn4?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

If you want to purchase Word alone, here is the link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/p/word/CFQ7TTC0HLKM

I will advise that you go for the home and student because the price between that and Word alone is almost the same thing

Give a reply if you have more questions Best Regards Fuad

You can buy Word alone without the rest of Office from https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/p/word/CFQ7TTC0HLKM at the price of $159.99. However, that costs $10 more than buying the entire Office Home & Student.

Although the page I linked has the note "*Files must be shared from OneDrive", that refers only to the line "Share your documents with others and edit together in real time*". If you don't want to share documents, you have no need for OneDrive (although you may have to disable OneDrive to prevent it from interfering).

Thank you very much!

That is what I am looking for.