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Your user guide to get started quickly with Microsoft 365 and Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps. Please pick the subscription you are looking for help with.
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Use this quick setup guide to sign in, install your apps, and start enjoying Office Home 2024.
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- Quickly create a draft or begin with a ready-made template designed for your needs.
- Make progress together in real-time with seamless editing tools.
- Add text, images, art, and videos.
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- Create a workbook to crunch your numbers.
- Streamline data entry, format, and analyze your data.
- Add tables and charts to help visualize your data.
- Share and work with others, wherever they are.
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- Create compelling presentations that include images, videos, transitions, and animations.
- Select from hundreds of templates to help you get started.
- Share and work with others, wherever they are.
- Use closed captions and present your live camera feed directly on a slide.
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- Capture ideas quickly and organize them into tabs.
- Add photos, videos, or files to your notes.
- Sketch, annotate, and highlight using digital ink.
- Create to-do lists to stay on top of your tasks.
- Help ensure your content in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook is easy for people to read and edit.
Learn more - Keep your information organized and structured—perfect for planners.
Learn more - With cameo, you can insert your live camera feed directly on a PowerPoint slide. You can then apply the same effects to your camera feed as you can to a picture or other object, including formatting, transitions, and styles.
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- Storing your files on OneDrive means you can access them on any device, even if you change Microsoft 365 subscriptions or Office software. It’s also necessary to enable real-time collaboration for your files with others.
- Back up your computer files to OneDrive.
- Learn how to sync files between your computer and the cloud.
- Insert pictures into cells and convert existing floating pictures that are over cells into a cell.
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Frequently asked questions
- To see if your computer, mobile device, and/or browser can run Office, please visit the Office system requirements page.
- With Office 2024 you pay a single, up-front cost to get Office apps for one computer. However, if you plan to upgrade to the next major release, you'll have to buy it at full price.
Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, and Premium are subscriptions that include the desktop Office apps along with AI-powered features, spacious cloud storage, and advanced security. With a subscription, you'll always have the latest features, fixes, and security updates. - Internet access is required to install and activate Office, but not to use Office apps such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint once you have these fully installed on your computer.
- Once you have purchased Office, you can install it from the services and subscriptions section of your Microsoft Account page.
Go to Office Support for more steps to download, install, reinstall, activate, or update Office. - Microsoft 365 for the web is a free version of Microsoft 365 that you can use in a web browser. All you need is your Microsoft account. If your Office files are saved to your OneDrive under the same Microsoft account, you can open these files on the web or on a mobile device.
MICROSOFT 365 APPS
Use Microsoft 365 apps on the web
Word
Create content that you can be proud of with powerful collaboration and editing tools, wherever you are.
Excel
Simplify complex data into easy-to-read spreadsheets.
PowerPoint
Easily create presentations that stand out.
Outlook
Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts all in one place.
OneNote
Take notes anywhere by typing, writing, sketching, or recording audio.
OneDrive
Securely save and share your files and photos wherever you are.
- [1]Copilot in Excel requires AutoSave to be enabled, meaning the file must be saved to OneDrive; it doesn't function with unsaved files.
- [2]AI features are not available in Microsoft 365 Basic. AI usage limits apply. Learn more. Minimum age limits may apply to use of AI features. See details. App availability varies by device/language. Features vary by platform.
- [3]Employer must have an enterprise subscription that includes Microsoft 365 desktop apps and have multiple account access enabled (excludes government tenants). Applies to select AI features in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook desktop apps and in select mobile apps. See details.
- [4]Mailbox storage includes Outlook.com email, attachments, calendar items, and contacts. Learn more about Microsoft storage and cloud storage plans.
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