How you install or reinstall your version of Office depends
on whether it's listed under Office for home or Office for business below. For
example, to install Word purchased individually, use the instructions for
Office for home.
Reinstall Office 2013 after an Office Setup 2016 upgrade
If you have an Office 365 Home, Personal, or University
subscription, you now have the option to install Office 2016 or Office 2013 on
your PC. You should only install Office 2013 if you’re having specific
compatibility issues with your Office 2016 upgrade. If you connect to an
Exchange 2007 mailbox, you might want to stay on Microsoft Office Setup 2013 or even uninstall Office 2016 and reinstall
Office 2013. If you have Office 2013 standalone apps that are incompatible with
Office setup 2016, you may want to
stay on Office 2016 and take advantage of the Special offer for customers with
Office 2016 and Office 2013 standalone applications. Visit www.office.com/setup
TIP: You can create and share documents between Setup Microsoft Office 2016 and Office
2013 without worrying about compatibility issues. If you create a document
using an Office 2016 application and you send it to someone who’s using Office
2013, the recipient can still open and edit the document in the corresponding
Office application. The same is true for documents going from Office 2013 to
Office 2016.
If you didn’t remove Setup Office 2016 before attempting to
reinstall Office 2013, you’ll get an error that detects a newer version of
Office is installed on your device. You’ll need to uninstall Office 2016 before
you can continue.
The install will occur in the background. How long it takes
depends on your connection. When you see You’re good to go, choose All done. For
more information www.office.com/setup
