Office likes to integrate with Windows as well as other versions of Office. Some will remind me that I could simply disable macros. Thus, just like 'hide Internet Explorer' and 'install Chrome/Firefox with shields,' removing Office and replacing it with anything else where possible is increasingly part of my security recommendations. The overwhelming majority of modern malware threats don't infect Windows systems if you use browsers with decent defenses and you uninstall Office. Oh, and everyone's email is full of an unlimited number of variants of Office documents and emails that, if you open them and groggily click 'yes,' will pwn your computer. Office add-ins, on the other hand, are a pain in the ASCII to code. There are many, because they're easy to make. I use Firefox on my smartphone for exactly this reason. If Office is going to continue to have operating system superpowers and play slap and tickle with the internet, then Office needs to wear some digital protection! In Chrome or Firefox, I can install extensions that provide a strong layer of protection from the oogly-booglies on the world wide wait.
