Upgrade from Word 2013 to Microsoft 365

Even so using Word 2013? Upgrade to the latest version of Word and bring out your best writing with Word in Microsoft 365.

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What'due south new with Word in Microsoft 365?

Bring out your best writing

Become from blank folio to polished document in no time with the Researcher and Editor tools.

Coauthor with anyone anywhere

Invite others to edit and annotate, manage access, and keep track of versions.

Take Word on the go

Review and edit files at work, dwelling, or anywhere in between with mobile apps.

Always upwardly to date

Go exclusive, new features and security updates bachelor simply for Word in Microsoft 365.

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Make your writing stand out

Let intelligent applied science help you write confidently. Get guidance on spelling, grammar and writing style. Employ the tools at your fingertips to edit intuitively and move from pen and paper to digital inking.

Get in the zone

Access the data and resources you lot need without leaving Discussion. Hands get a colleague's PowerPoint slide, cited enquiry, or information from LinkedIn to write a compelling resume.

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Brand teamwork piece of cake

Collaborate in real time wherever y'all are. Share documents and invite others to edit and annotate. Everyone can use their preferred language or accessibility options, to practice more than together.

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Discussion in Microsoft 365

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Give-and-take 2013

New prototype furnishings, text capabilities, and editing features brand information technology easier than ever to create polished documents.

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Open PDF documents in Word to edit paragraphs and tables and create your own Word documents.

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Hands share files and co-writer simultaneously. Ever take the latest version backed up on OneDrive, with 1TB of secure cloud storage.

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Review and edit documents from anywhere with the Office mobile apps. Relish a familiar user experience on iOS®, Android™ and Windows mobile devices.ane

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Congenital in tools like Smart Lookup and Researcher let you notice contextual information from the web without leaving your document.

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In-app translation of over threescore languages empowers advice and, the Read Aloud feature helps improve accessibility and reading skills.

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Discussion automatically pulls in manufacture keywords and relevant chore descriptions from LinkedIn to help yous craft a more compelling resume.

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Always take the latest Office apps, features, and services.

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  • Give-and-take in Microsoft 365

    *included with Microsoft 365

    Improved formatting features

    New paradigm furnishings, text capabilities, and editing features make it easier than ever to create polished documents.

    Open PDF documents in Word to edit paragraphs and tables and create your own Give-and-take documents.

    Easily share files and co-author simultaneously. Always have the latest version backed upwards on OneDrive, with 1TB of secure cloud storage.

    Review and edit documents from anywhere with the Function mobile apps. Enjoy a familiar user feel on iOS®, Android™ and Windows mobile devices.1

    Advanced research features

    Built in tools similar Smart Lookup and Researcher let you observe contextual information from the web without leaving your document.

    Linguistic communication assistance tools

    In-app translation of over 60 languages empowers communication and, the Read Aloud feature helps better accessibility and reading skills.

    Word automatically pulls in industry keywords and relevant job descriptions from LinkedIn to help you arts and crafts a more compelling resume.

    Always take the latest Role apps, features, and services.

  • Discussion 2013

    Improved formatting features

    New epitome effects, text capabilities, and editing features make information technology easier than ever to create polished documents.

    Open PDF documents in Word to edit paragraphs and tables and create your ain Discussion documents.

    Easily share files and co-author simultaneously. Always have the latest version backed up on OneDrive, with 1TB of secure cloud storage.

    Review and edit documents from anywhere with the Office mobile apps. Savor a familiar user feel on iOS®, Android™ and Windows mobile devices.one

    Avant-garde research features

    Congenital in tools like Smart Lookup and Researcher let you notice contextual information from the web without leaving your document.

    Language help tools

    In-app translation of over 60 languages empowers communication and, the Read Aloud feature helps improve accessibility and reading skills.

    Discussion automatically pulls in manufacture keywords and relevant job descriptions from LinkedIn to help y'all arts and crafts a more compelling resume.

    E'er accept the latest Office apps, features, and services.

Ready for Microsoft 365?

Part 2013 include applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. They're available as a 1-time purchase for apply on a unmarried PC.

Microsoft 365 plans include premium versions of these applications plus other services that are enabled over the internet, including online storage with OneDrive and Skype minutes for home employ.2 With Microsoft 365 you go the total, installed Office experience on PCs, Macs, tablets (including iPad® and Android™ tablet) and phones.1 Microsoft 365 plans are available equally a monthly or almanac subscription. Learn more.

Meet system requirements for compatible versions of Windows and macOS, and for other feature requirements.

Y'all don't demand to exist connected to the internet to use Role applications, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, because the applications are fully installed on your computer.

Nonetheless, net access is required to install and activate all the latest releases of Part suites and all Microsoft 365 subscription plans. For Microsoft 365 plans, internet access is too needed to manage your subscription account, for instance to install Office on other PCs or to change billing options. Internet access is too required to access documents stored on OneDrive, unless y'all install the OneDrive desktop app.

You should also connect to the cyberspace regularly to keep your version of Role upward to date and benefit from automatic upgrades. If yous don't connect to the internet at least every 31 days, your applications will become into reduced functionality mode, which ways that you can view or print your documents but cannot edit the documents or create new ones. To reactivate your Function applications, reconnect to the net.

Yes. Documents that you have created vest fully to y'all. Y'all can cull to store them online on OneDrive or locally on your PC or Mac.

If yous abolish your subscription or information technology expires, you lot tin still access and download all your files past signing in to OneDrive direct using the Microsoft account you used to set up Microsoft 365. You do lose the additional storage that comes with your subscription, so y'all must save your files elsewhere or purchase more OneDrive storage if your OneDrive business relationship exceeds the complimentary storage quota.

If you lot purchase an auto-renew subscription, your subscription starts when you consummate your purchase. Y'all can purchase auto-renew subscriptions from Microsoft365.com, MicrosoftStore.com, iTunes®, and some other retailers. If you purchase a pre-paid subscription, your subscription starts when yous activate your subscription and state on your My Account folio. You can purchase pre-paid subscriptions from a retailer or reseller, or a Microsoft support agent.

If you take an active Microsoft 365 Family subscription, you lot can share information technology with upwards to 5 members of your household (6 total). Each household member y'all share your subscription with can use any of your bachelor installs on their PCs, Macs, iPads, Android tablets, Windows tablets, iPhones® or Android phones, get an additional 1 TB of OneDrive storage, and manage their own installs from www.office.com/myaccount. 1

To add together someone to your subscription, visit world wide web.function.com/myaccount and follow the onscreen instructions to add a user. Each person you add will receive an email with the steps they need to follow. Once they have accepted and completed the steps, their information, including the installs they are using, will announced on your My Account page. You tin stop sharing your subscription with someone or remove a device they are using at www.role.com/myaccount.

"The cloud" is a friendly way of describing web-based calculating services that are hosted outside of your home or arrangement. When you use cloud-based services, your Information technology infrastructure resides off your property (off-bounds), and is maintained by a tertiary party (hosted), instead of residing on a server at your home or business (on-premises) that you maintain. With Microsoft 365, for example, data storage, computation, and software are located and managed remotely on servers owned by Microsoft. Many services you employ every day are a part of the cloud—everything from web-based email to mobile banking and online photo storage. Considering this infrastructure is located online or "in the cloud," yous tin can access it virtually anywhere, from a PC, tablet, smartphone, or other device with an cyberspace connection.

Give-and-take 2013 resources

Word 2013 help topics

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Other versions of Office

Learn nigh other versions of Role and how yous tin can upgrade to the new Microsoft 365.

Download Role 2013

Download and install Part 2013 using an existing production key.

A Microsoft 365 subscription unlocks the most up-to-date premium version of Give-and-take on all your devices. Previous versions include Word 2013, Word 2010, and Word 2007.

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