Office: How to Download Powerpoint

This updated guide examines Office: How to Download Powerpoint and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Part 1

Downloading PowerPoint

1. Navigate to the Microsoft Office product page athttps://products.office.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products. This page features several Microsoft Office subscriptions for Windows and Mac OS X that include PowerPoint.
2. Select the option to purchase the Office package of your choice. You can make a one-time purchase of Office for your home computer, or subscribe to Office for one or more computers for a monthly fee.
   • Click on 'Try for Free' to gain free access to PowerPoint for a 30-day trial period. After the trial period ends, your credit card will be charged the monthly subscription fee for Office.
   • Go to the Office setup page at https://setup.office.com/ and enter your 25-character product key if you purchased Microsoft Office at an earlier date. The product key can be found in the confirmation email you received at the time you purchased Microsoft Office, or inside the Office product package.
3. Sign in using your Microsoft login credentials. You must be signed into Microsoft to download and install PowerPoint.
   • Select the option to register for a Microsoft account if you don't already have one, then follow the on-screen instructions to create an account.
4. Click on 'Install,' then select the option to save the Microsoft Office installation file to your computer.
5. Double-click on the Office installation file. This opens the setup wizard, which you'll use to set up Office and PowerPoint on your computer.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions in the Office installer to install the application suite. PowerPoint will be installed on your computer by default, since this program is already part of Microsoft Office.
7. Click on the Start menu when the setup wizard informs you installation is complete.
8. Type 'PowerPoint' into the search bar, then select the program in search results. PowerPoint will open, and you can now start creating presentations.

Part 2

Troubleshooting

1. Repeat the setup process for Microsoft Office if you have access to all other Office applications except PowerPoint. PowerPoint is included in all versions of Microsoft Office by default, but will not be installed if you chose not to install PowerPoint at the time you initially installed Office.
   • Navigate to the Microsoft Office folder on your computer, double-click on the 'Setup' file, then follow the on-screen instructions in the setup wizard to install PowerPoint on your computer.
2. Try restarting your computer if Office gets stuck at 94 percent during installation. This is a common known issue when trying to download and install Office from the Internet.
3. Try repairing Office if setup gets stuck at any percentage. This helps resolve existing problems between Windows and Office.
   • Open Control Panel and select 'Programs and Features.'
   • Select PowerPoint in the 'Uninstall or change a program' window.
   • Click on 'Change,' select 'Online Repair,' then click 'Repair.'
4. Stop the print spooler service on your computer if Office setup hangs between 80 and 90 percent. This is often caused by problems with your computer's print spooler service.
   • Click on the Start menu and type 'services.msc' into the search box.
   • Open 'Print Spooler,' then click 'Stop.'
   • Click 'OK,' then try to reinstall Office.
   • Navigate back to the services menu when installation is complete.
   • Open 'Print Spooler,' click 'Start,' then click 'OK.'^{[1]XResearch source}
5. Upgrade your operating system or computer if you experience problems installing PowerPoint on Windows XP or Windows Vista. Microsoft Office is no longer supported on computers running Vista and XP.^{[2]XResearch source}
6. Disable all browser add-ons and plug-ins if clicking 'Install' fails to install Office. Add-ons and plug-ins can sometimes interfere with the installation of Office.