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A truly “highly compressed” full Office suite (under 500 MB) is almost always a modified, unsafe version. For reliable use, download Office directly from Microsoft or use a lightweight alternative.

Yes. In 99% of cases, downloading a "highly compressed" repack is software piracy.

Advanced users sometimes rename a .docx to .zip, use a tool like

To understand the hype, you need to understand file compression basics. Standard compression tools like WinRAR or 7-Zip use algorithms (such as LZMA or DEFLATE) to reduce file size. Generally, you can compress an average program file by 15% to 30% without losing data.