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To find out what version of Office you have:

  1. Open an existing Office document or open any Office application such as Word or Excel and create a new document (we use Word in our examples).

  2. Next, match your installed version of Office with the screen captures in the sections below. The basic steps for finding the Office version information is the same no matter which Office application you opened.

Tip: If you're specifically looking for Outlook information because you're trying to import or export details, see What version of Outlook do I have?

Microsoft 365 subscription uses the File tab and the Office Backstage view, what you see after you click File. Here's what you see in Word after choosing File > Account.

Shows the Backstage view of Office 365

After you click About Word, you’ll see the Microsoft 365 version (16) and what bit you are running—32-bit or 64-bit.

Shows the Word version, build, and bit version

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These versions use the File tab and the Office Backstage view, which is what you see after you click File. Here's what you see in Word 2013 after choosing File > Account.

Note: In Outlook, you click File > Office Account.

File > Account in Word 2013

Number one in a pink circle Shows if you have a one-time purchase Office product, what Office product it is, and if the product is activated.

Number two in a pink circle. After you click About Word, you’ll see the version and what bit you are running—32-bit or 64-bit. Office 2013 is version 15, and Office 2019 and Office 2016 are version 16.

About Word 2013 window

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Open a file in any Office Mobile app, select Menu > Settings > About. Here's what you see:

About Word Mobile window

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Select the Microsoft Word menu > About Word.

In the dialog box that opens, you can see the version number as well as the license type. In the example below, the version number is 16.18 and the license is a one-time purchase of Office 2019 for Mac.

About Word dialog box

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On the Surface RT, there’s only one version of Office that’s designed to run on the tablet’s ARM processor, Office 2013 RT. Here's the version information in Word RT after choosing File > Account.

Word RT showing the File > Account window

Number one in a pink circle Shows you what Office product it is and if the product is activated.

Number two in a pink circle. After you click About Word, you’ll see if the Office application is part of an Office suite.

About Word RT window

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See Also

Download and install or reinstall Microsoft 365 or Office 2019 on your PC or Mac

Troubleshoot installing Office

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