Office 2016 is here

The big day has finally arrived when Microsoft launches the final version of Office 2016, the latest version of the most used in the world. Among its many new features is greater cloud integration, allowing one-click document sharing via OneDrive and real-time collaboration in Word and PowerPoint, as well as the power find options quickly thanks to the new Tell Me wizard .

If you are interested in trying this new version of Office with all its new features, you are in the right place, because in this note we will explain step by step how to download and install Office 2016 applications, whether or not we pay for an Office 365 subscription.

How to upgrade to Office 2016 if we are subscribed to Office 365

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  Go to the My Office Account section by clicking here and sign in with a Microsoft account or a organizational account (company or university) associated with an Office 365 subscription."

• "Then we will see something similar to the following screenshot. There you have to click on the Install button, highlighted in orange."

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• Then this other page will appear, where we have two options: 1) Press the Install button> directly install Office with the default options."

32-bit versions of Office ensure compatibility with all existing add-ons and functions. However, if we are used to working with large Excel spreadsheets, large animations or videos in PowerPoint, and gigantic Word documents, the 64-bit versions may be a better option, since they allow make better use of PC resources to deliver better performance when carrying out those tasks.

Finally, all that remains is to run the installation program that will be downloaded automatically, and follow the instructions that will appear on the screen.

How to download the free trial version

If we don't have an Office 365 subscription, we can still download and install Office 2016, but as a 30-day trial version ( after that editing features will be removed, unless we purchase a Home or Personal subscription).

To do this, all you have to do is go to this address, choose the edition you want to try (Home or Personal) and then follow the instructions on the screen.

It is important to mention that it will be required to sign in with a Microsoft account and add a payment method, to make the charge in case of that we want to continue with the subscription once the trial period is over.

If we do not want to receive any charges, we must deactivate the subscription from here before 30 days have elapsed.

Another way to download Office for free: using a partner university account

Finally, there is another way to download and use Office 2016 for free, this time without a trial period and without having to enter a form payment. This is a benefit that Microsoft offers to millions of students at universities and educational partners.

To find out if you qualify to receive this benefit, you must enter this address and write the mailing address that our educational establishment gives us If we are on the list of beneficiaries, instructions will appear to download Office 2016 for free.

If an error message appears, we can also try entering portal.office.com and entering the email and password of our university or establishment. If both things fail, it means that the place where we study is not partnered with Microsoft to give Office for free, so we will have to find another way to get Office (or use Office Online).