{"id":173489,"date":"2021-06-21T09:27:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T07:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=173489"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:03:42","slug":"how-to-upgrade-microsoft-office-in-4-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-upgrade-microsoft-office-in-4-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upgrade Microsoft Office In 4 Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s suppose you <a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-office.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>download Microsoft Office<\/strong> on Windows<\/a> and Mac and you would like to upgrade. You\u2019ll unlock new features not available in the free version, but you\u2019ll need to pay the subscription first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that case, there are a few ways you can go about <strong>upgrading your Microsoft Office<\/strong> to the newest version and enjoy all the benefits of using the latest versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and other programs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"howto_container schema-howto-acf-block\"><ol><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Go to the Microsoft Account Page<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Upgrade-Microsoft-Office-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Upgrade Microsoft Office\" width=\"542\" height=\"475\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, you will need to <\/span><b>navigate to the <\/b><b>Microsoft<\/b><b> Account<\/b><b> page<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You will need to use your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Account details to sign in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Enter your email address, and click on next. You will need to use a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> email address such as Outlook, Live, or Hotmail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Enter your password, and click on next.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Click on \u2018Service and Subscriptions\u2019<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Upgrade-Microsoft-Office-2.jpg\" alt=\"How to Upgrade Microsoft Office\" width=\"720\" height=\"441\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on the \u2018More\u2019 tab to <\/span><b>open a drop-down list<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with further options in the top ribbon menu. In the drop-down list, choose \u2018Service and Subscriptions\u2019. This should show you your <\/span><b>current version<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Office<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Download Newest Office<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Upgrade-Microsoft-Office-3.jpg\" alt=\"How to Upgrade Microsoft Office\" width=\"610\" height=\"404\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a newer version is available, you will see a message notifying you of the latest version. Next, you can click on \u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Install<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Office<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-office.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_blank\"><b>download the newest version<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on your Mac <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or Windows computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Install Newest Office<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Upgrade-Microsoft-Office-4.jpg\" alt=\"How to Upgrade Microsoft Office\" width=\"512\" height=\"331\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the download has completed, you can <\/span><b>run the <\/b><b>install<\/b><b>ation file<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and follow the on-screen instructions from the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">install<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ation wizard. This newest version will override the older one that was already on your computer. You will now have the latest <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Office<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">install<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ed on your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t.howto_container {\n\t  margin: 0 auto;\n\t}\n\t.howto_container img {\n\t\theight: 100%;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 30px;\n\t}\n\t\n\t\t  .howto_container h2 {\n\t\t\t  clear: none !important;\n\t\t  }\n\t\t  .howto_container ol {\n\t\t\t  list-style: none !important;\n\t\t  }\t\n\t.howto_container ol li::before {\n\t\tcolor: #ffffff !important;\n\t\tbackground:#0073aa !important;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Upgrading as Easy as One, Two, Three<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft Office has made the process of upgrading your program as easy as possible. With a few simple clicks, you can have the latest version of Office installed on your device. Why not try upgrading your Microsoft Office now?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/t_articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Transfer-Your-Microsoft-Office-License-3.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Transfer Your Microsoft Office License<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-office.en.softonic.com\/articles\/transfer-your-microsoft-office-license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">MORE TIPS<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/microsoft-office.en.softonic.com\/articles\/transfer-your-microsoft-office-license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s suppose you download Microsoft Office on Windows and Mac and you would like to upgrade. You\u2019ll unlock new features not available in the free version, but you\u2019ll need to pay the subscription first. In that case, there are a few ways you can go about upgrading your Microsoft Office to the newest version and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-upgrade-microsoft-office-in-4-steps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Upgrade Microsoft Office In 4 Steps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":181492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2319],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-173489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionmicrosoft-office-2007"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324673,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173489\/revisions\/324673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173489"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=173489"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=173489"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=173489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}