To determine what version of Microsoft Office is currently running on your computer, select your operating system from the list below and follow the instructions.

Microsoft Windows users

  • Open any of the Office applications, such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
  • Create a new document.
  • Choose File in the upper-left corner, and select either Account or Help from the list to the left.
  • Under Product Information, the Office product name and the full version number is shown.
  • If you do not your version in the current window, select About Word, About Excel, About PowerPoint, etc., and a new dialogue box should open containing the full version number.

macOS users

  • Open any of the Office applications, such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
  • Create a new document.
  • Go to the Word/Excel/PowerPoint menu, and select About Word, About Excel, About PowerPoint, etcetera, and a new dialogue box should open containing the full version number.

Version number table

Once you’ve located the version number in the Microsoft Office program of your choice, you can utilize the table below to find out which year it matches. To do so, compare the first two digits in the version number with the version year on the right side of the table.

  • Microsoft Windows users
  • macOS users
  • Version number table

You can compare your version number to the table below to determine the year of Microsoft Office you’re using.

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