Microsoft Office 2016 is a product of the MS Office productivity suite came after Microsoft Office 2013. This version is available for all the devices like PCs (such as Office Home & Student 2016) and Macs (such as Office Home & Student 2016 for Mac). Along with all the features of previous versions means office 2013 or before, Office 2016 includes additional ribbon buttons, better collaboration, text highlighter, and zoom for PowerPoint and staying in the loop. To install Office 2016, you need to buy, download, install and then activate it. To perform these processes, there are some steps which you need to follow.
MS Office 2016 setup is available by both ways like offline or online. If you do the online purchase via www.office.com/setup, you will get a product key of 25-digit on your registered email ID. Upon offline purchase, you will receive an MS Office 2016 retail card, on the back of which this 25-digit key is mentioned. Keep this key secure as you need it during the installation and activation of Microsoft Office 2016.
Office 2016 for Home
Office Setup For PC
- Visit Office.com/setup and sign in to your MS account or create a new account (new users)
- Enter Office product key
- Select your subscription and click download button to begin the downloading process
- There, you will get the choice to choose from different versions and languages
- Depending upon your browser, run the downloaded setup
- Click Run (in Edge or Internet Explorer), Setup (in Chrome), or Save File (in Firefox)
- After installation, open any of the application of MS Office 2016
- Here, you will see an MS Office activation wizard
- Click activate and enter the same product key, if asked
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete activation
Office Setup For Mac
- First two steps as same with those listed in PC
- Now, log in to your MS account and install Office setup 2016
- For this, you have to open My Account and under the name of your subscription, choose Install
- On the next window, select install under Install information
- This will begin downloading the installation package
- Once the download completes, open Finder and go to Downloads
- Double-click MS_Office_2016_Installer.pkg
- Click continue
- Review the software license agreement
- Choose to agree to the terms of the software license agreement
- Select how you want to install the Office 2016 and click continue
- Change your install location, if you want and then click Install
- Enter your Mac login password and click Install software
- Click the Launchpad icon in the dock to display all your applications
- Click the MS icon and then click Get Started followed by What’s new
- This will begin the activation process
- Enter the product key, if asked
- Follow the on-screen instructions to finish activation
- It’s good to go!
Office Setup 2016 for Business
Office Setup For PC
- Sign in with your work or school account by visiting https://aka.ms/office-install
- From the drop-down list, choose your preferred language and accept the default to install 32-bit or select Advanced and choose 4-bit
- Choose Install
- Click Run, Setup or Save file option, depending upon your browser
- You will be asked, “This app will make changes to your device?”
- Click Yes
- This will begin the installation
- You’re all set!
- Activate it and you will be able to access all its applications
For Mac
- Log in with your School or work account at https://aka.ms/office-install
- On the office page, select Install option available under Install Office 2016 for Mac
- This will begin downloading the installer package
- Open Finder, go to Downloads, and double-click MS_Office_2016_Installer.pkg
Rest of the steps are the same as those listed above in Office 2016 for home (Mac)