I installed Office 2013 on my *home* Windows 8 machine (using my own license key)

I also happen to have access to Office 2013 through my job (Office 365, owa, etc) and I have logged in to check my work email for example on my home machine.

I recently noticed (due to a password expiration for my work account Office 365 password), that there was an "account error" error in Word - and that's how I realized that the MS Word on my home PC is somehow linked to my work Office 365 account.

The only option seem to be to "Switch Account". But then it wants a different login. I don't use Office 365 at home it's just Office 2013 I have installed.  I can't seem to get back into my local install of Office.  I don't want my personal docs somehow getting sync'd or saved in my employer's Office 365 account.

Any ideas on how to rectify this? I only have one icon for MS Word when I search on it, I just want to run my local installation of Word and not have this linked to my job's Office 365 account.

Thanks

When purchase Office 2013 you should have been required to log on with your Microsoft account, which should also has been bind to your Office 2013 license.

If so, try click the Switch Account button, and sign in with your Microsoft account (not your work Office 365 account).

If you still have problem, I'd suggest to call the the Product Activation Center to obtain help of a customer service representative to activate the product.

See:
How to contact a Microsoft Product Activation Center by telephone
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950929

Thanks, I finally found where I just just "sign out" and now I can just use it locally and not have it tied with any account.

Really not sure how it got tied into my work account in the first place  :/