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Microsoft Word for macOS
Write, format and review documents with Microsoft Word for Mac, with templates, spelling and grammar feedback, and shared editing. A paid license is required; the linked PKG updates an existing installation.
- Operating system
- macOS; check Microsoft's requirements for your installed Word edition
- Architecture
- 64-bit; Microsoft lists all current Office for Mac packages as 64-bit only
- Download package
- PKG update package
Updates an existing Word installation. Not a first-install package; Intel versus Apple silicon coverage was not independently verified.
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What is Microsoft Word?
Microsoft Word for Mac is a document editor for reports, letters and other formatted writing. Templates and layout tools help structure a document, while Microsoft Editor provides spelling, grammar and style feedback. Comments and real-time co-authoring support working on the same document with other people. Microsoft describes sharing through OneDrive as a requirement for the collaborative editing offered on its standalone Word product page.
Word is commercial software, not a free desktop word processor. Microsoft sells a standalone license for one PC or Mac and also includes Word in Microsoft 365. The separate Mac App Store edition explicitly requires a qualifying Microsoft 365 subscription; do not assume its licensing is interchangeable with a standalone purchase. Microsoft's product page also lists internet access and a Microsoft account as requirements.
This entry links to Microsoft's Word-only PKG update for version 16.114.3, build 26102720, listed in its October 27, 2026 Mac release history. Microsoft distinguishes update packages for an existing installation from install packages for a new installation. Use the linked package only to update an existing Word installation; it is not presented here as a first-install download or as a license. The screenshot is a publisher-supplied Mac interface illustration, not a capture of this package running.
What it offers
- Create and format documents using templates and layout options.
- Receive spelling, grammar and style suggestions with Microsoft Editor.
- Comment on documents and collaborate with others through real-time co-authoring.
- Save documents to OneDrive for access across devices.
Good to know
- Desktop Word requires a paid license. The Mac App Store edition specifically requires a qualifying Microsoft 365 subscription.
- The linked PKG is a Word update package for an existing installation, not a first-install package.
- Microsoft lists a Microsoft account and internet access as requirements; its standalone Word page requires OneDrive sharing for real-time collaborative editing.
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