To get the full 8.1 version, one has to navigate through the Store app. The Store app does not open for me(server error), and according to Googly, many others.
Microsoft suggestion - reinstall Windows 8.0, then see if the Store is accessible.
I tried to download Office.
Found out it couldn’t be done.
The entire combined brain power at Microsoft never bother to think that not everyone in the world has the exact same super high speed internet connection as Microsoft.