Here's how to get Office 2016 right now if you have an Office 365 subscription

Microsoft officially launched Office 2016 for Windows earlier today, with new desktop version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more. You may be wondering if you can get Office 2016 on your Windows PC. If you have a paid subscription to Office 365 Home, Personal or University, there's no need to wait; you can download Office 2016 right now for free.

The process is pretty simple, according to a Microsoft support page. Office 365 consumer users can sign onto the "My Account" page, then choose "Install", and select "Install" again to start the Office 2016 download process, which happens in the background. Once that is done, you should see a request to install Office 2016. If you are ready, just click agree, and then agree to remove the older Office 2013.

Source: Microsoft

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