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Chapter 2
28 Chapter 2 Installing and updating Office 2013
Assuming you pass those hurdles, setting up Office is generally a straightforward process
that requires little input from you and in which you’re aided by plenty of on-screen guidance.
In this section we describe three methods for procuring and installing Office:
●● Using the web-based Click-to-Run installer. This is your only option for retail versions
and for Office 365 installations: You click an Install button (like the one shown in
Figure 2-1) that downloads and runs a small bootstrapper program; that program in
turn automatically downloads the required Office installation files and allows you to
begin using Office programs almost immediately.
●● For Office Professional Plus and for Office Standard (available for Volume Licensing
customers only), you can use Windows Installer (MSI) files, typically downloaded from
Microsoft-operated services such as the Volume Licensing Service Center, TechNet,
and MSDN. (The latter two services allow subscribers to download Microsoft software,
including certain Office editions, for evaluation purposes.)
●● Activating a trial Office edition that’s included on many new computers.
Figure 2-1 Clicking the Install button on the Office 365 account management page
automatically begins the Click-to-Run Office setup process.
It’s worth noting that installing Office 2013 doesn’t require that you abandon your previous
version. Multiple Office versions can coexist on the same PC. You can even run older
versions of the programs in the Office family at the same time as current ones, so you can
open one document in Word 2010 and another in Word 2013. The only exception to this
rule is Outlook, which allows you to install multiple versions side by side but run only one
at a time.