How To Get Microsoft Word On Macbook Air

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The easiest way to get Microsoft Word installed on your computer is through a Mac App Store download. You’ll still need a Microsoft 365 subscription, however, to activate the app. Downloading the. New MacBook Air; Latest Apple Deals ». Unless you specifically need Microsoft Word, you'll find that there are plenty of great word processors out there that won't cost you a penny.

Office empowers everyone to achieve more on any device. And Office loves Mac. We’re committed to delivering the power and simplicity of Office in an experience designed specifically for Mac, and we continue to make significant investments in the platform. Today, we’re excited to announce that Office 365 is now available on the newly redesigned Mac App Store. With one click, Mac users can download the cloud-connected, always-up-to-date version of the Office suite—including full installs of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive.

Office 365 provides experiences tailored to the Mac and macOS, like Dark Mode, Continuity Camera, OneDrive Files on Demand, and Touch Bar support on the MacBook Pro. And it’s connected to the cloud, so you can access your content from any device, coauthor with anyone around the world in real-time, and use the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to create more impactful content with less effort. The result is an experience that is unmistakably Office but designed for Mac.

“We are excited to welcome Microsoft Office 365 to the all new Mac App Store in macOS Mojave. Apple and Microsoft have worked together to bring great Office productivity to Mac users from the very beginning. Now, with Office 365 on the Mac App Store, it’s easier than ever to get the latest and best version of Office 365 for Mac, iPad, and iPhone.”
—Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing

How To Get Microsoft Word On Macbook Air

You can view Apple’s announcement on today’s news in their Newsroom.

Download Office 365 from the Mac App Store.*

*It may take up to 24 hours for the app bundle to appear in all regions on the Mac App Store.

In today’s tutorial we will learn how to switch on and off character auto capitalization on Mac or MacBook. I recently wrote similar tutorial for Microsoft Word and Google Docs users, if can check it here: How to stop words capitalization in Microsoft Word and in Google docs.

I am currently trying to learn how to program and while doing some courses, I try to make so notes. Because in my notes there is a lot of code, I did not like auto capitalization and turned off. But, using the same setting, you can also switch it on, if you wish so.

I am using a MacBook Pro with macOS Sierra 10.12.6 but I can image that in other devices using this option will be similar. OK, let’s start, it is going to be very short tutorial 🙂

How to get microsoft word on macbook air for free

How to switch on and off character auto capitalization on Mac and MacBook

First you need to go to System Preferences. If you have a gear icon in your Dock, click it. Alternatively, click Apple logo in the left top corner and choose System preferences from drop-down menu:

How To Get Microsoft Office For Free On Macbook Air

Then click on the Keyboard icon.

After you opened options for your Mac Keyboard, you will see the menu with some further links: Keyboard, Text, Shortcuts, Input Sources and Dictation. We are interested in Text tab, click on it.

On the right-hand side you will find the option Capitalize words automatically. In my computer, as you can see below, it is unmarked so the characters at the beginning of the sentence do not get capitalized. If you want it to happen, you need to click the checkbox and leave it marked.

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You do not need to confirm it, just close the window by clicking the red dot. I think it is a good idea to check if everything works as intended. Open a blank document, start typing and check if words get capitalized.

Depending on your choice, the letters should or should not capitalize across all the word editing applications. On my Mac I use a few different word editors and email app, and this capitalize words option seems to include all of them. It may be possible however that some applications from iTunes can override this general option. If this happens, you may need to check the setting of a particular app.

That is all today, I hope you now know how to switch on and off character auto capitalization on Mac and MacBook. Please feel free to write a comment if you have any questions.