Today, any word processor that has a price tag is has hard competition, with many cloud services offering their own word processors for free. The installation process was quick and working on all the available platforms feels smooth. The performance of this suite is fast, reliable, and friendly as ever. If you ever need to get a new computer, you can uninstall this version from your older computer and so long as you remember you email and password for your Microsoft account, you can redownload that version to install in your new computer.

The key feature of Office Home and Student is that this is a permanent install for one computer and won’t expire after one year. From there, you can redeem the code you are given to activate the product key for you to use.

Go to your Microsoft account or create one if you don’t already have one, and then log in. The setup for Office Home and Student was simple.