

If you see Office Updates under Product Information, as shown in the following figure, you are using a click-to-run installation of Office. To determine whether you are using a Click-to-run version of Office, click the File tab in Outlook, and then click Office Account. By default, click-to-run installations are automatically updated. They do not apply to click-to-run installations of Office. The following updates apply only to Office clients that are installed by using a. This article will be updated to reference new updates as they are released.įor more information about the most recent Outlook updates, refer to the following sections, as appropriate: To find links to the most recent cumulative and public updates for Microsoft Office, see Office updates. Other language versions of Outlook have some updates that differ from the updates that are listed in this article. To reactivate your Office applications, reconnect to the Internet.The information in this article applies only to U.S. If you don’t connect to the Internet at least every 31 days, your applications will go into reduced functionality mode, which means that you can view or print your documents but cannot edit the documents or create new ones. You should also connect to the Internet regularly to keep your version of Office up to date and benefit from automatic upgrades. Internet access is also required to access documents stored on OneDrive, unless you install the OneDrive desktop app.

For Microsoft 365 plans, Internet access is also needed to manage your subscription account, for example to install Office on other PCs or to change billing options. However, Internet access is required to install and activate all the latest releases of Office suites and all Microsoft 365 subscription plans. You don’t need to be connected to the Internet to use Office applications, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, because the applications are fully installed on your computer.
