There is a way to use Office in Windows for free without having to buy any type of license, yes, this possibility offers a series of important limitations, but it is more than enough for the vast majority of users who need to make use of this office suite.
There is a tool called Office online, which is precisely the one that offers different Office programs so that you can use it via the web at no cost to you. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Sway, Oultlook, OneDrive and other utilities are available.
You can see that in that list there are Office apps and Microsoft services , in what refers strictly to Office you can use Word, Excel and PowerPoint for free with certain limitations just by having a browser and a Microsoft account (Hotmail or Outlook).
How to download Word for free
You can access this tool online or directly with an app called Office that you can download for free for Windows 10 , this utility facilitates access to the free versions of Excel, PowerPoint and Word online , it acts as a kind of app center.
- Download Office for Windows 10
If you have updated Windows 10 to the latest version , you will probably already have this app installed , you can easily check it by pressing the Windows + Q key combination and typing “Office” in the search box, if it does not appear you will have to install the app from the link . Open the utility and follow these steps:
- Once opened, you will find a direct access to all the available utilities in the left column, it is a form of quick access, from where you will also be able to see all the files that you have generated in the last weeks in each one of them.
- If, for example, you click on Word , the free online utility will open in a browser, but if you already have the office suite installed on your PC, the Word utility will open in this case. The particularity of Word online and the rest of the utilities that have this option is that they are limited.
That is, they offer the basic tools for editing and little else , the generator files will be saved in the OneDrive cloud and you will have access to them from any computer or mobile device. For more advanced parameters, you will need to buy Office 365 for your PC.
Microsoft 365 Family Free Trial
There is another possibility to Office online, Microsoft 365 Family (formerly Office 365 Home) can be tried at no cost for 30 days, but that means that you must install the app on your Windows 10 computer and then if you are interested in continuing to use it, you will have to buy the subscription. If you choose this option, do the following:
- Access the web that we leave you just below.
Web: Microsoft 365 Family Free Trial
- Now click on ” try a free month “.
- Then log in with your Microsoft account and follow the steps, you will have to download the utility and install it on your PC. Finally, you will be able to use Word and the rest of the utilities for free for a period of 1 month.
Office is not really free, there are two subscriptions available, but many users are not willing to pay to use Word and other utilities, so Office online is a good option for the vast majority because it does not need installation, it is free and it works perfectly.
