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Microsoft Office 2016 Home & Student
Microsoft Office Home & Student 2016 is a one-time purchase software package designed for home use, including students and families.1 It offers a suite of essential desktop applications for a single PC or Mac, allowing users to create, edit, and organize files locally.2
🔑 Key Licensing Details
| Feature | Description |
| Licensing Model | Perpetual (One-Time Purchase): You pay upfront and own the license forever. There is no subscription required. |
| Installations | Licensed for installation on one (1) PC or Mac only. |
| Usage Rights | For non-commercial use only (home and school tasks). |
| Support Status | Extended Support is scheduled to end on October 14, 2025. After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or bug fixes. |
| Updates | Only receives security and stability updates; it does not receive new feature updates introduced in later versions (like Office 2019 or Microsoft 365). |
📦 Included Core Applications
This edition includes the standard set of productivity applications:3
- Microsoft Word: Word processor for creating documents and reports.4
- Microsoft Excel: Spreadsheet program for data analysis, calculations, and visualization.5
- Microsoft PowerPoint: Presentation software for creating slideshows.6
- Microsoft OneNote: Digital note-taking app.7
- Key Exclusion: Like the 2019 version, the Home & Student 2016 edition does not include the Outlook email client.
🌟 Key New Features in Office 2016 (vs. previous versions)
Office 2016 was focused on enhancing cloud connectivity, collaboration, and data insights:
- “Tell Me” Search Box: A new search bar on the Ribbon that lets you type what you want to do (e.g., “Insert Comment”), and Office provides the command directly.8
- Cloud Integration: Deeper integration with OneDrive allows you to create, open, edit, and save files directly to the cloud from the desktop app more easily.9
- Real-Time Co-Authoring: The ability for multiple users to work on the same document simultaneously (requires OneDrive or SharePoint).10
- New Excel Chart Types: Introduced new visual charts for data analysis, including Treemap, Sunburst, Waterfall, Box & Whisker, and Histogram & Pareto.11
- “Insights” Feature: Powered by Bing, this feature provides contextual information from the web while you are working within a document.12
⚙️ Minimum System Requirements (For PC)
| Component | Minimum Requirement |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Service Pack 1, 8, 8.1, or 10 |
| Processor | 1 GHz or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set |
| Memory (RAM) | 2 GB RAM |
| Hard Disk Space | 3.0 GB available disk space |
| Display | 1024 x 768 resolution |
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