It can open your applications, documents anywhere, across multiple devices. The digital age has taken productivity to heights it could never even get close to before. The creation of new technologies, such as the computer, the cell phone, and other digital devices has truly changed the way business is done around the world. We communicate faster, sell products easier, and the flow of money has never been more fluid at any point in history.
Of course, it is without question that we credit Microsoft Office suite with the exponential growth in productivity. Here, we will go over what those features are and what they can do. Microsoft Word is a word processing application that allows the user to write essays, books, letters, tests, wedding invitations, and so on.
Basically, anything that has to do with the written word, Microsoft Word has you covered. So go ahead and write the next great American novel or impress your professor with a well-informed essay.
Microsoft Word will make it so easy. Microsoft Excel is another application inside Microsoft Office that is probably the second most popular, tied with Microsoft PowerPoint. Microsoft Excel is for spreadsheets, labels, and other things in that category. Excel can be used for business reports, shelf labels, accounting and bookkeeping records, or what have you.
All applications have templates, and Excel is no different, with templates for calendars, forecasts, day planners, or what have you. Excel is very helpful in management, and is a very important addition to Microsoft Office.
Microsoft PowerPoint is the presentation application in Microsoft Office. However, they are all used frequently, and they all have their unique purposes and strengths. One thing is for certain, and that is that Microsoft will continue to update their programs and services into the future to better serve their customers when it comes to Microsoft Office, as they come out with new versions of the software every three years and regularly update it to root out bugs and possible malfunctions.
Can't find your Office apps? When the Office app opens, accept the license agreement. Office is activated and ready to use. Note: The Activation Wizard appears if Office has trouble activating. Complete the steps in the wizard to finish activating Office. Note: If you bought Office for personal use through your company's Microsoft HUP benefit, you may not be able to sign in here. From the Microsoft home page select Install Office if you set a different start page, go to aka.
Note: Don't see an install option after signing in? Once the download has completed, open Finder, go to Downloads , and double-click Microsoft Office installer. Tip: If you see an error that says the Microsoft Office installer. On the first installation screen, select Continue to begin the installation process. Review the software license agreement, and then click Continue. Select Agree to agree to the terms of the software license agreement.
Review the disk space requirements or change your install location, and then click Install. Note: If you want to only install specific Office apps and not the entire suite, click the Customize button and uncheck the programs you don't want. Enter your Mac login password, if prompted, and then click Install Software. This is the password that you use to log in to your Mac. The software begins to install. Click Close when the installation is finished. If Office installation fails, see What to try if you can't install or activate Office for Mac.
Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock to display all of your apps. The What's New window opens automatically when you launch Word. Click Get Started to start activating. If you need help activating Office, see Activate Office for Mac. If Office activation fails, see What to try if you can't install or activate Office for Mac. Tip: Don't see your issue listed? Try Troubleshoot installing Office for additional issues and their possible solutions. Before you can install Microsoft or Office you need to associate it with a Microsoft account, or work or school account.
If you have an Office for home product and bought Office at a retail store or online store, but don't have a Microsoft account, it's possible you haven't redeemed your product key yet if you got one , or you missed the step for linking your recent purchase with an account. Do the following to link an account with Office.
For an Office for home product, go to office. Your account is successfully associated with Office when you see the page, My Office Account followed by your Microsoft account email address, and a button to install Office. Select the PC or Mac tabs above to help you with the rest of the install process. If the Microsoft account or work or school account isn't working, see I forgot the username or password for the account I use with Office. After signing in with your work or school account you don't see an option to install the desktop applications on the Microsoft home page, go directly to the Microsoft Software page instead.
Select the language and bit-version you want PC users can choose between bit and bit , and then click Install. See Step 2 and 3 on the PC or Mac tabs above to help you with the rest of the install process. If you still don't see an option to install Office on the Microsoft Software page, it's possible your admin hasn't assigned a license to you.
Find out if you have a license to install Office. If you're a student or teacher and your institution didn't give you a license, find out if you're eligible to Get Microsoft for free. If you're trying to sign in with your work or school account to www. To install Office, try signing in directly to the Microsoft Software page instead. See Steps 2 and 3 on the PC or Mac tabs above to help you with the rest of the install process. Not all versions of Office include a key, but if yours did, you need to redeem it before you can install Office.
Follow the remaining prompts to finish linking your Microsoft account with this version of Office. No product key or not sure if you need one? See Using product keys with Office. The steps in this topic assume you have Microsoft or Office and you're ready to install or reinstall it. Don't have the latest version yet? Learn more about the differences between Microsoft and non-subscription versions.
Installation help for older versions of Office:. Office Office for Mac For Microsoft subscriptions only: You can install Office on all your devices and be signed in to five at the same time.
To learn more, see How sign in works in Microsoft If you have Microsoft Family, you can also share your Microsoft Family subscription with up to five family members or other people. Each person can install Office on all their devices and be signed in to five at the same time.
However, you may transfer Office to another computer that belongs to you if you experience a hardware failure or you buy a new computer. For more information, see the Microsoft License Terms for your product, or see this blog post, Office now transferable. If you're not sure, see Check if you have local admin rights to install Office. If you bought a stand-alone version of an Office app, for example Visio or Word, in most cases you install this app in the same way you install the Office suite, by signing in to www.
The Office apps are available to install on your iPhone and iPad, Android device, or Windows phone and tablet. See Set up Office apps and email on a mobile device. If Office seems to be taking a very long time to install, this may be caused by problems with your internet connection, firewall, or anti-virus software. For possible solutions, see Office is taking long to install. Office can also take long to install because of a slow internet connection such as a dial-up connection. If you don't have a good connection, install Office using the Use the Office offline installer.
Office won't install: Your computer must be running a supported operating system to install Office. You can find a list of which systems are supported on the system requirements page. For example, your install won't be successful if you're trying to install Office on a computer running Windows Vista or Windows XP operating system.
If your computer can't install the full desktop version of Office, try the free Office Online apps using your desktop browser. I received an error message: If you got an error message while trying to install Office and it has a Learn More link, select it to get information for how to troubleshoot that particular error.
If there wasn't a link, see Troubleshoot installing Office. I received an unsupported operating system message: If you got an unsupported operating system error message you may be trying to install Office on an unsupported device such as installing the Mac version of Office on a PC or vice versa, or trying to install Office on a Chromebook or other mobile device.
See Unsupported operating system error when installing Office or Set up Office apps and email on a mobile device.
For information about how to download the desktop version of OneNote see OneNote is missing after installing Office or Microsoft You can also type what you're looking for using the search bar in the upper-right corner. If you're the Microsoft admin of an Office for business plan, users in your organization can only install Office using the steps in this topic as long as your plan includes the desktop version of Office, and you've assigned the user a license and given them permission to install Office Manage software download settings in Microsoft For information about how to assign licenses, see Assign licenses to users in Microsoft for business.
If you've run out of licenses and need to purchase more, see Buy licenses for your Microsoft for business subscription.
