Office 2016 Offline Activation Key

[Kerby Reynolds]

Tohelp with issues you might encounter when installing Microsoft 365 because of slow speeds or unreliable connections, as a first step download the Support and Recovery Assistant tool. (For information about this tool, go here.)

If the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant didn't help, follow the steps below that are specific to your plan. You need to be connected to the internet to download this installer file, but once that's done, you can then install Microsoft 365 offline on a PC at your convenience.

If your Microsoft 365 product is one of the following, you have a Microsoft 365 for home product. This can be a subscription, or a one-time purchase of Microsoft 365 Office, or individual Microsoft 365 application. These products are usually associated with a personal Microsoft account.

If your Microsoft 365 product is one of the following, you have a Microsoft 365 for business product. These products are usually associated with a work or school account, and your Microsoft 365 license (if your subscription has one) came from the organization where you work or go to school.

To download the offline installer, go to www.office.com. If you're not already signed in with the Microsoft account associated with your copy of Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 do that now. If you're signed in with a different account, sign out of that and then sign in again with the correct Microsoft account.

Once the download is complete, open File Explorer and locate a new virtual drive, for example (D:). This drive contains the Microsoft 365 installation files. If you don't see the new drive, locate the image file you downloaded and double-click it. The new drive should appear in your directory.

Select the Microsoft 365 folder from the virtual drive and then double-click either the Setup32.exe to install the 32-bit version of Microsoft 365, or Setup64.exe to install the 64-bit version to begin the offline installation. If you're not sure which version is right for you, see Choose the 64-bit or 32-bit version of Office.

If you have a Microsoft 365 for business product you can use the Microsoft 365 Deployment Tool (ODT) to download and install Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 offline. The tool is designed for enterprise environments and runs from the command line, so the steps are more complicated--but they'll still work for installation on a single device.

You must have a Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 license assigned to you to install and activate the Microsoft 365 apps. To check if you have one, see What Microsoft 365 business product or license do I have?

If you have a Microsoft 365 Apps for business or Microsoft 365 Business Standard plan, you need to download the Microsoft 365 Apps for business version. For all other plans, download the Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise version. See the following if you're not sure which version to install:

It can take a while to finish downloading and it may look like nothing is happening while the files are downloading. You'll know the installation is complete once the dialog box closes on its own, and a new folder called Office appears in the ODT folder you created earlier.

Were these steps helpful? If so, please let us know at the bottom of this topic. If they weren't, and you're still having trouble installing Office, tell us what you were trying to do and where you had difficulties. We'll use your feedback to double-check our steps and provide additional information.

Once each user has an Office 365 license, they will need to log into Word, Excel, or PowerPoint to register their account with the installation. Outlook, OneDrive, and OneNote will have separate registrations that go along with the fact that these apps require additional port-installation configuration steps.

ok, finished, i see the office folder, data folder, then 16.0.8625.2121 folder with .cab files and a stream.x86.en-us.dat file in there, about 260mb, not what i was expecting to see, but how do i install with that? just not familiar with this.

The Office Deployment Tool (ODT) is a command-line tool that you can use to download and deploy Microsoft 365 Apps to your client computers. The ODT gives you more control over an Office installation: you can define which products and languages are...

I have a number of clients who require compliance with some fairly stringent STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides). For at least two clients, putting data over the Internet is an actual breach of contract. A few more stipulate the cloud cannot be used under any circumstances.

We do currently heavily use MS Office 2013 - and would soon notice the loss of functionality. The real question seems to be: with 365 being so heavily pushed, will there be a version of Office in the future that will run off-line, not require a subscription (can be purchased outright) and does not present the possibility of being switched to reduced functionality mode when traveling to areas where The Internet may not be available or deemed too much of a risk to use (wireless at a hotel,etc.)

Microsoft Office 2013 does not require an internet connection. Office 365 is pushed heavily, which can cloud (no pun intended) the issue, but there are still fully-packaged product versions of MS Office 2013 for sale (although it can be challenging, depending on geo, to find it).

If that is "absolute" (as in do precisely the same thing, precisely the same way, always) then it's a not. There isn't. The reason is farily simple: MS office is being developed for a few decades now, with big teams of developers, and to replicate absolutely everything you would need the same amount of "programming hours" which ultimately translates to number of hours worked timex number of programmers.

Whichever decision you take, keep in mind that there is no "perfect way out" of this. If there was, nobody would buy MS Office, as it is by far the most expensive option. The choice isn't easy, but users have to abide by regulations. The best way to help them, if Office is not an option, is to chose another suite, configure it to work as much like Office as possible (like saving office formats by default, if many files are sent through E-Mail), and instruct them on its perks and how to use it as best as possible.

If you need 100% compatibility with the newest docx format, you want to use Microsoft Office. There is a version of MS Office 2013 without the need to activate Online (it works via phone) sold, but compared to the Office 356 version it is ridiculously expensive. Also note that Office 2016 will be released this year and you have to pay full price again then.

Options with good compatibility that work with almost all MS Office files are WPS Office and Softmaker Office. I only use Softmaker regularly and am quite happy.Problem with both is they don't support VBS macros. WPS supports some basic macros, but if you need to use more complex macros created in MS Office, you can't. This only applies if you need to use macros created in MS Office with your office. You can create macros with both just fine (they won't work in MS Office then)WPS switched to some rent model where you have to pay monthly/yearly recently, so it could be this also needs an internet connection now.(If you want to buy Softmaker, there will be a Version 2016 very soon so a little waiting pays off)

LibreOffice and OpenOffice also have MS Office format support, but it is much worse than the other two. LibreOffice seems to be a little bit better than OpenOffice in this regard.With macros, you are also out of luck here.

As already mentioned by many, LibreOffice is the best option you have. And what's more its available for Windows and Linux based OS, OS X, Android based OS and best of all - its opensource, free and well supported by the community.

It works natively with MS Office, working with all the office formats such as .docx, .xlsx, etc. And the difference with WPS Office and say LibreOffice, is that while LibreOffice supports those formats, they are not the default. In Kingsoft by default it works with MS Office formats.

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