During this time you can use Office 2013 without a hitch, but Office may bug out if you disconnect your internet before it finishes. You’ll see a “Wrapping things up” window until Setup completely finishes. You can go for it and a Powerpoint presentation will open that talks all about Office 2013 – or you can say No thanks and setup will go into background-mode and allow you to start using Office while it finishes up.

On the last setup page, you’ll be offered to be shown a preview of the new features.

The sign-in window looks like it’s been pulled right off of the website. Either way, it will still work – you’ll just miss a few of the online features (syncing, sharing) if you don’t sign in. Or you can say No thanks, and just use it locally. You can sign in and hook office up to your online Live/Skydrive account. You can’t skip it, but if you miss it you can watch it below. When setup finally finishes, you get to see a cool intro video. The installer is a really small file, less than 1MB because Microsoft is leveraging its App-V technology to stream Office down to your PC. Note: Keep in mind that even if you are on a 64-bit system, if your previous version of Office is 32-bit you should download the 32-bit version of the new Office. Click the green Install button to start the download of the version you selected. On the Additional Install Options screen click the drop-down menu to select the version that matches your system or previous version of Microsoft Office. To rectify this, 64-bit users must click the Language and install options link below the green button. If you try to install the 32-bit version of Office 2013 alongside your pre-existing 64 bit Office, it won’t work. This is fine, unless you have a previous 64-bit version of Microsoft Office installed (like 2010, 2007, or 2003).

This next part is a little tricky.* If you just use the default green install button, it will download the 32-bit version of the New Office Preview. Of course nothing stops you from creating more Live/Hotmail accounts if need be. Note: Microsoft is limiting installs to 5 per Live account. You’ll have to sign-in to reach the download page. If you aren’t signed in with your Live account you’ll be asked for your user name and password. To get Started, visit the Microsoft Office Preview website and click Sign up.

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