My Windows 8 Pro install, which I still have running on this system, supports Office 2016. I was hoping for this to be the method for customizing the installation, unfortunately, it offers only two options, Quick Repair, and Online Repair. Just like Office 365, Office 2016 uses the same repair wizard. The Office team recently announced adoption of the update methodology currently used by Windows 10 for businesses, with a Current Branch for Business offering three sets of updates each year, which includes both feature and security updates delivered cumulatively. This would suggest Office 2016 desktop versions will be privy to the same feature updates and fixes as the 365 versions do today. This also means you’ll need to manually uninstall the older version if you don’t want it.Ĭoming from the 2013 version of Office, I noticed the Accounts tab in Backstage now offers the Office Updates functionality which was specific to the 365 versions. What happens when you try to open an Office file? It defaults to the 2016 version.
My older version of Office 2013 was left intact after installing Office 2016. It does side-by-side installs with older versions. So what’s the problem? For me personally, it’s not a big deal, but if you’re installing the latest version, you should be aware of some things about the new setup experience. When you start, the installation will immediately go into the installation wizard and that will be your screen for a while. I realized that Office 2016 setup by default will install the 32-bit version. If you want the 64-bit version of Office 2016, you will have to specifically launch the setup64.exe file. The setup experience uses the same Click-to-Run technology used to install Office 365. Office 2016 Professional Plus has been made, well, dumb proof.
If you have installed previous versions of Office, you know you had the option of customizing the installation and only install the programs you need. What I noticed is that Microsoft has moved away from its traditional MSI installer which provided an interactive setup wizard for installing the suite.
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