Download and install or reinstall Office 365, Office 2016, Office 2013 on your computer

To install Office 365 Home, Personal or University versions or a paid version of Office 2016 or Office 2013 on a computer (laptop, PC) and how to fix some errors during Office. Please refer to the following article of Network Administrator.

To install Office 365 Home, Personal or University versions or a paid version of Office 2016 or Office 2013 on a computer (laptop, PC) and how to fix some errors during Office. Please refer to the following article of Network Administrator.

1. Install or reinstall Office from My Office account

1.1. Before installing Office

1. Visit www.office.com/myaccount and log in to your Microsoft account.

If you don't have a Microsoft account, consult the fastest Microsoft account setup steps here.

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Note: If the login fails, try logging in again with the correct Microsoft account.

Or find the option named This is the right place to install and re-install Office in the list of options in case you don't remember your Microsoft account correctly to try another login.

2. Select Install and depend on your version, select Install again.

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By default, this process will install the 32-bit version of Office on your computer, using the language you selected when purchasing the product.

If you want to install the 64-bit version, change the language or Office 2013 installation, look for the Custom install option option .

Note:

When installing Office 2016, you see on the screen the message "Stop, you should wait to install Office 2016". This means that Office can detect compatibility issues with certain programs and software installed on your computer.

Now select the Learn Why link to view the error message or you can see the error message under Additional information.

3. Depending on your browser, access the popup window that appears on the screen, then click on Run (with Internet Explorer browser) or Setup (with Chrome browser) or Save File (with Firefox browser) ).

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Now the installation process will begin.

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4. After the installation process has finished, you will see the message " You're all set!" Office is installed now.

Follow the instructions on the screen, for example, click Start => All apps to see the location where you installed the application and then click Close.

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5. To start using the Office application, you can open any application such as Word or Excel, .

In most cases, Office is activated immediately after you open the application and click Accept to accept the terms.

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6. Office can be activated automatically. If you see the Microsoft Office Activation Wizard appear on the screen, follow the steps to activate Office. If you need help, see the Activate Office 365, Office 2016, or Office 2013 section.

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2. Fix some errors

2.1. The installation of Office takes longer than usual or receives an error message during the installation process

- If the Office installation process takes longer than usual, the cause of the problem is most likely due to your Internet connection having some problems.

In this case, you can proceed to uninstall Office and then reinstall Office again.

- If you receive an error message: If an error message appears on the screen during Office installation, click on the Learn More link to view the problem information and find a way to fix it.

If you do not see the Learn More link, you see the information that caused the error in Troubleshoot section installing Office and Office 365.

2.2. Stop message, you should wait to install Office 2016

If a Stop message appears on the screen, you should wait to install Office 2016. This means Office detects compatibility issues with certain programs and software installed on your computer.

3. Several options for editing settings

3.1. Reinstall Office 2013

To reinstall Office 2013, follow the steps below:

1. Uninstall Office 2016 from your computer.

2. Log in to your Microsoft account at the My Account page and disable the Office 2016 installation.

3. To install Office 2013, go to your My Account page and select Install.

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4. Select Language and install options option.

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5. Select Additional install options.

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6. On the Dropdown Menu under 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office, click the down arrow icon to select the 32-bit or 64-bit version and select Install.

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7. Click Run or select other similar options on the browser you are using.

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Note:

If not uninstall Office 2016 before proceeding to reinstall Office 2013, during the installation of Office 2013 you will receive an error message.

Therefore you have to uninstall the Office 2016 application before continuing with the steps to reinstall Office 2013.

8. When the You're good to go screen appears, click All done and that's it.

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After successfully reinstalling Office 2013, you will receive a notice to upgrade to Office 2016.

3.2. Select Office installation language

- Change the Office installation language:

Note:

The steps below apply only on Office 365 Home, Personal or University versions and paid Office 2016 versions, which do not apply to paid Office 2013 versions.

1. Log in to your Office account at office.com/myaccount.

2. On your My Account page, select Install.

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(For paid versions, you skip this step).

3. Under Install Information , select Language and install options link.

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4. Next at Menu Dropdown next to Language option , select a language you want to install.

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5. After selecting the language, click Install and follow the instructions on the screen.

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- Uninstall Office with Control Panel and reinstall other languages:

1. Access Control Panel

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- On Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1:

Right-click the Start button and select Control Panel.

- On Windows 7:

Click Start and select Control Panel.

2. Click Programs => Programs and Features.

3. Click Microsoft Office and click Uninstall.

4. After uninstalling Office, go to My Account page, click Install => Language and install options.

5. Select the language you want to install and click Install.

Refer to some of the following articles:

  1. Fix Outlook and Office 365 errors with just one click
  1. Download and try Office 2013 Professional Plus for free for 60 days
  1. How to change the default save file format in Word, Excel and Powerpoint 2016?

Good luck!

Update 25 May 2019
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