Re: Old kit
"Said family member is also addicted to Microsoft Word so there's no chance of replacing the OS with something more suitable."
You can name desktop icons to reflect the persons choice of word processor. Not sure if you can stop the LibreOffice splash screen showing though. Just tell them it's the latest version of Word and name the icon accordingly. Or blame the Marketeers at MS for naming the new version LibreOffice.
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