Microsoft Office 2016 was the last version of Office that worked on Windows 7 ... but, like all versions of Microsoft Office, it isn't free.
As far as I can tell, however, you can use the free online Microsoft Office apps on Windows 7. You don't download and install anything. You just use them by going to Office.com. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web(scroll to the bottom).
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Answer from LemP on learn.microsoft.comIs there a way to download the free version of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint (that only has view permissions)?
Installing office 365 on windows 7
Installing Microsoft Office on my Windows 7 PC
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I'm using a Windows 10 computer. This computer had Word, Excel, and Powerpoint by default, even when I had just bought the computer. I don't have a key, so I could only open files and view them (that's all I need though). A couple of weeks ago, the Word, Excel, and Powerpoint applications disappeared for some reason. Is there a way to download them? I created an account on office.com, but the install button says that I must have a premium account.
Is there a way to download the apps for free? I'm totally fine if the only thing I can do with them is view the files. Thank you!
Hello oleg,
I'm Diane, an Office Apps & Services MVP specializing in Outlook, and I’m happy to help you today.
You need an older version of Office 365 - the current versions do not install on Windows 7. The version you need is 1912 (Build 12325.20298) - I don't know if it will be offered to you if you log into your account and download it. But you do need to have TLS1.2 enabled first.
Make sure all Windows updates are installed then set some registry keys. Use the fix it at https://support.microsoft.com/help/3140245/upda... to set the keys for you. You need to do this after the update is installed.
TLS 1.2 is an update to an existing Internet security protocol that Windows uses.
This page tells how to use the 'deployment tool' to download an earlier version of Office. I don't know if MS will "allow" you to go that far back https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-revert-to-an-earlier-version-of-office-2bd5c457-a917-d57e-35a1-f709e3dda841