Office product keys. Activate Office. Install other apps. Set up mobile devices. Office updates. Upgrade to the latest version. Troubleshoot and uninstall. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve?
Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback? For Microsoft plans, Internet access is also needed to manage your subscription account, for example to install Office on other PCs or to change billing options. You should also connect to the Internet regularly to keep your version of Office up to date and benefit from automatic upgrades.
If you do not connect to the Internet at least every 31 days, your applications will go into reduced functionality mode, which means that you can view or print your documents, but cannot edit the documents or create new ones. To reactivate your Office applications, simply reconnect to the Internet. You do not need to be connected to the Internet to use the Office applications, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, because the applications are fully installed on your computer.
If you use any of these services, you already have a Microsoft account that you can use, or you can create a new account. Learn more about a Microsoft account.
As part of signing up for a trial or purchasing Office, you will be prompted to sign in with a Microsoft account. You must be signed in with this account to install and manage your Office software, or to use some subscription benefits, including OneDrive storage and Skype minutes. Learn more about setting up your account. If you have already created your account, visit accounts. A Product Key is a unique character alpha-numeric code used to redeem and activate your Office product.
You cannot use a product key for an older Office product or a different product to redeem your new copy of Office. To find your Product Key, look for the character alpha-numeric code on the back of the card inside your Office product packaging. Sometimes the Product Key may be printed on your retail receipt. Get information on locating your product key. After you associate your Product Key to your Microsoft account, you can sign in to accounts.
But it's a good idea to keep your Product Key in a secure location as proof of purchase or to help our support agents trace your product. It's best to use your existing Microsoft account. If you use other Microsoft products or services e. Xbox, OneDrive, Outlook.
If you forgot your username or password, recover those details by returning to sign in and clicking on Can't access your account? Office is available in the languages listed below. Microsoft offers simple and cost-effective solutions for multilingual individuals, families, and small businesses. Sign in with the Microsoft account that you used to purchase, or have already associated, with the subscription or one-time purchase product, and then follow the onscreen instructions to install Office.
Learn more about where to enter your Office product key. To download and install older versions of Office, visit www. Microsoft Family can be shared among 6 users and installed on multiple devices, including PCs, Macs, iPads, iPhones, Android tablets, and Android phones. Microsoft Personal is for 1 user and can also be installed on multiple devices. You can purchase Microsoft subscriptions for both Mac and Windows.
The Publisher and Access applications are not available for Mac. Current Office application versions for Microsoft and Office are available for both Windows and Mac. Learn about which Office versions can work side-by-side on the same device in this article.
The actual download speed of Office depends on the speed of your Internet connection; a broadband Internet connection is recommended for the best download experience.
All versions of the new Office for Windows PCs use a streaming technology that lets you begin to use Office applications before installation is complete. Icons for Office applications are created when you install Office. You can start the applications by clicking the icons, which are installed in the following locations:. The bit version of Office is installed by default.
Even if your computer is running a bit version of Windows, we recommend that you install the bit version of Office, because it is more compatible with the applications and add-ins that work with Office.
If you do want to install the bit version of Office, you can do so by visiting accounts. It is not possible to install both the bit version and bit versions of Office on the same computer. If you have installed Microsoft on the maximum number of PCs, Macs, or tablets and want to use Microsoft on a different device, you can deactivate a device by visiting accounts. The copy of Office on the device you deactivated will revert to read-only mode, which means documents can be viewed but not edited.
You will not lose any documents that are saved locally on the original device. To uninstall Office, first visit accounts. For Mac, iPad, and Android tablets, follow the instructions on that device to uninstall an application.
There are several ways to get a back-up for your Office product:. Get the core Office experience for free on your favorite tablets and phones. For Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps, get premium features with an eligible Microsoft subscription. For information about the premium features for mobile devices that are available with Microsoft , visit www.
Microsoft customers with an active subscription always get the newest versions of the Office applications when they are available. Speaking of other options, there are always alternatives, such as OpenOffice from OpenOffice. There are some areas that could use improvement, and a feature by feature comparison shows some differences in the visuals such as graphics, animations, and special effects.
All of these programs offer similar features and functionality to Microsoft Office; some are actually better, some are just okay.
Microsoft redesigned the big, round Office button. They added an Ignore button in Outlook that deletes selected messages and all messages currently in your Inbox, plus all future messages related to that message thread—or you can just tag the unwanted messages as junk mail. They also added a new button called Screenshot that lets you take screen shots from within the program—or you can press Alt-Tab to exit out and use the Alt-Print Screen button on your keyboard.
You can save Word docs to SharePoint—or just copy and paste them in. You can add miniature line charts to individual cells in Excel—or just shrink the normal charts and place them on the screen anywhere you want them. And OneNote now has color coding. And you can now create videos or convert presentations to videos in PowerPoint—this one feature might be useful if MS has also upgraded the graphic size limitations.
There are a few other minor features. I hated it in Office and I still hate it. After using it for weeks and cursing it daily, I finally purchased a program from AddIn Tools that, when installed, redesigns the Ribbon bar menus back to the old Office menus.
Then I created two identical spreadsheets and performed the same tasks on each, one with the Ribbon bar menus and one with the old menus.
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