How to update Microsoft Office

To avoid Excel crashes and other issues

It is a good thing to keep your Office updated because with each new update Microsoft adds new useful features and fixes bugs. In order our Office add-ins could work correctly on your machine, make sure you are using the most up-to-date Office version.

• Update via your Office Account
• Update via Windows Update

Update via your Office Account

The easiest way is to check updates via your Office account. Open an Excel file and go to File > Account. Under Product Information, click Update Options > Update Now:

But it may happen that you won't see this pane in your Office. In this case, you can tune updates via Windows Settings.

Update via Windows Update

1. Go to Update & Security:
   
2. In Windows Update click on Advanced options:
   
3. Turn on Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows:
   
4. Go back to Windows Update and click the Check for updates button: