Office 365 Activation

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KWong

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Office 365 without any update or upgrade, pay monthly or yearly customer, no one interest to use it. Can’t update or upgrade , better install stand alone Office 2016 instead.

Office 365 by default is automatic update and upgrade. That is the reason whey you install Office 365 will become Office 2016 or Office 2019 (windows 10). After complete install, It shown up Office 2016 because Office 365 is in the market for very long time. The retail version of Office 365 will also upgrade to Office 2016 and Office 2019 according your Windows version. If you can use Office 365 batch file activated the Office 2016, that is Office 365 base Office 2016 can have future feature update. But if you Office 2016 batch file to activated, It will become Office 2016, won’t get any new feature update anymore.

1, Control panel, Programs and feature, Uninstall all office program.
2, Google: Office fix tool

uninstall all MS Office program left behind from your PC, restart PC and try again.

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KWong Ok I now see the morph transition, that's the main concern finished. However it still shows as Office 2016 instead of 2019, and it uses the old UI instead of the new one. Is it possible to fix this?

Thank you for your time.

KWong

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If your PC is Windows 10, when you install Office 365, it will automatic upgrade to Office 2019. Other Windows Version, can only upgrade to Office 2016.

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KWong I am using Windows 10 Pro 64 bit and still get it activated as Office 2016 with the old UI. Is it possible to upgrade to the latest UI?

KWong

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Only use batch file Office 365 to activate in the beginning, can keep on upgrade to future version and feature.

If you accidentally use batch file Office 2016 to activated, cannot upgrade to Office 2019.

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KWong I included the script I used to activate, it does say it is for Office 365, however I am not getting the new UI. What can I do? Thank you for your time.

KWong

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1, Control panel, Programs and feature, Uninstall all office program.
2, Google: Office fix tool
uninstall all MS Office program left behind from your PC, restart PC
3, Install
https://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/492350f6-3a01-4f97-b9c0-c7c6ddf67d60/media/en-us/O365ProPlusRetail.img (O365ProPlus, English)

After download, Open img file, open Office folder, choose 32 bit or 64 bit setup file to install online.

After installation, should be Office 2019.

To get future Office Version, activation only success run the batch file Office 365 online with admin right.

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KWong I have uninstalled completely and reinstalled with ODT because I only want Excel, Powerpoint, and Word. I then activated with the script I posted above, which does say it is for Office 365. It still says Office 2016 when activated on my Windows 10 Pro 64 bit device. Anything else I can do? Thank you for your time.

KWong

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The problem should be come from ODT you use and Script you use for activation.

Use my above method, after installation, see is it Office 2019 before activation. If yes, use the below link method to activate first.
https://msguides.com/microsoft-software-products/activate-office-365-proplus-free.html

After that

Control panel, program and feature, Microsoft Office, remove what you don't want, restart PC.

KWong

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Besides, because you only want Excel, Power Point, and Word，will it still get future upgrade Office version or new feature, God know.

For me, I will install Office 2019 Pro Plus, and keep Excel, Power Point, and Word, and uninstall the other.

When the new version Office come out, simply Uninstall the old version, and come here to get the new batch file to activated.

need365

null same issue here! there is no fix i think

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KWong I have tried to partly uninstall office, however it brings me to the control panel, which only displays the whole install, and if I want to uninstall anything I'd have to uninstall completely, which is why I used ODT to only install the apps I want in the first place. Also, I have tried the .img version, it also activates as Office 2016.

KWong I want the updates as soon as possible, which is why I used Office 365 and not the perpetual versions.

Is there anything else I can do?
Thank you for your time.

KWong

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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117

download Office Deployment Tool, you can choose what you like to install

Besides, because you just keep Excel, Power Point and word, I don't think Microsoft classify it is Office 365. The best option, just install office 2019 pro plus, take away any you don't want. When new version come out, just uninstall it and install the new version and run the new batch file here.

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KWong That is exactly what I used, and I have it activated as Office 2016 instead of Office 2019, even though I'm running Windows 10 Pro. What can I do to get it to activate as Office 2019, aside from installing Office 2019 in the first place (I want the Office 365 updates, not the perpetual version updates)?

KWong

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This question better go to Microsoft to ask. KMS Server only do with activation, nothing to do with why Modify (Only install Excel, Power point, word)Office 365 in Windows 10 only can update to Office 2016, but cannot update to Office 2019.

https://products.office.com/en-GB/compare-all-microsoft-office-products?tab=1&wt.mc_id=AID573689_QSG_152203

Above Microsoft Link show retail what is include in all version of Retail Office 365. If you want only modify Office 365, Microsoft recommend install Office Home & Student 2019.

So, in my point of view, if install modify Office 365, would not get office 2019 update, only method is install Office Home & Student 2019. Otherwise who will buy Office Home & Student 2019 if modify Office 365 can upgrade to Office 2019.

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KWong Alright, thank you for your assistance.

RKRN3

I think @KWong didn't understand it completely. The new ribbon layout is not available even in Office 2019. It is only meant for Office 365. Also, someone at tenforums told me that O365 comes with O2016 as base even now. A real O365 still has O2016. Users on O365 will never get updated to O2019 as O365 is always the updated version with features. O2019 only gets security updates, just like Office 2016. Also, @null, I am going to try something out tomorrow regarding the new ribbon. I experienced what you did back in March. After O365 install, it will have a new ribbon layout but as soon as we activate it with any script, the layout will change back to old one. This whole mess is not MSGuides fault though, as their activation indeed gives me most of the Office 365 features which I wouldn't get by other means in any way. They are indeed doing a great job.

Sairam1235

I think you should not use batch instead use manual method
I used manual and i got new ui and morph transition.
but it degrades to Office 2016 Pro plus but i got all features of o365 including slide zoom.

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Sairam1235

It has got removed how can i get back the slide zoom and morph transition was available for 10 days today when i open it shows not the office 365 but normal