Office 2016–2021 Installation Guide

Complete guide from download to activation | For Windows systems

1 Check download progress

You can view the progress in your browser while downloading:

Download progress

After the download finishes, select "Show in folder"

Note: This tutorial uses another installation package as an example. The version you see on your download page will be your version.

Step 2: Extract and Install

2 Extract the installation file

If the system doesn’t automatically mount it:

  1. Install 7-zip
  2. Right-click the downloaded file and choose:
    • "Mount" (if available)
    • or "Extract to current folder"
Note: This tutorial uses another installation package as an example. The version you see on your download page will be your version.
3 Run the setup program

Right-click the extracted setup file → select "Run as administrator"

Run as administrator
4 Wait for the installation to complete

The installation takes about 15–30 minutes. Success looks like this:

Installation completed Installation completed

Click the "Close" button to finish the installation

Step 3: Activate Office

5 Open an Office app Watch video tutorial-After installation

Open Word or Excel from the Start menu:

Start menu Start menu Start menu
Tip: If you see "I have a product key," you can enter the key directly.
6 After entering the key, close and reopen the app to see the activation wizard

Select "Telephone activation" and follow the wizard:

    Phone activation
  1. Select country/region (Malaysia)
  2. Send the 9 sets of numbers shown to customer service
Phone activation
7 Complete activation

Enter the confirmation ID, and it will show activation successful:

Restart the Office app and you can use it normally

Phone activation