C. Setting Up and Modifying Office 2013

Installing Office 2013

Word 2013 is part of the Microsoft Office 2013 suite of programs. Although you can buy Word as a standalone product, most people either buy it as part of Office or get it preinstalled on a new computer.

There are two ways to buy Office 2013. You can purchase a DVD in a store, and install from that, or you can buy a subscription to Office via the Office 365 program. Either way, installing Office is simple.

If you have an Office DVD, you just put the DVD into your PC and follow the prompts that appear. You have significant interaction with the Setup program at only two points: You enter the product key and accept the software license terms, and you decide whether to do a standard or ...

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