What is Office 365?Microsoft Office 365 is the same as the desktop product, just licensed differently with Microsoft. It can be used in two ways:
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Office 2013, 2016, and 365
What is Office 2016?
Microsoft Office 2016 is the latest Office desktop suite. Go to the Microsoft Office 2016 page to download a trial version or purchase the full product.
Does Office 2016 work with any QuickBooks versions?
Please select the system requirements for the product you are using to see if Office 2016 is compatible.
What is Office 2013?
Microsoft Office 2013 is the latest Office desktop suite. Go to the Microsoft Office 2013 page to download a trial version or purchase the full product.
Office 2013 is only supported for QuickBooks 2016 and later.
What works with Office 2013/365:
- Emailing out of QuickBooks with Outlook 2013/365
- Preparing letters
- Exporting reports
- QuickBooks File Manager
What does not work with Office 2013/365:
- Contact Synchronisation
- QuickBooks Statement Writer (QSW)
Important
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Office 2010
What is Office 2010?
Office 2010 is the newer version of Microsoft Office 2007. Go to Microsoft Office 2010 page for more information.
Are Office 2010 products available in 64-bit versions?
Office 2010 products are available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The 32-bit version will be installed by default, but you can choose the 64-bit version when you install the product.
Some add-ins, like Active X controls and COM objects used by QuickBooks, are not compatible with Office 2010 64-bit.
To check if you have Office 2010 64bit:
- From the File menu in any Office product (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc), select Help.
- Find either 32bit or 64bit along the right side of the help window, under the version of Office you have.
Go to Microsoft's Compatibility Between the 32-bit and 64-bit Version of Office 2010 page for more information.
Is my version of QuickBooks compatible with Office 2010?
Not all QuickBooks versions are designed to work with Microsoft Office 2010 products. We support these products at the present time:
Important: Click to Run versions and trial versions (Starter Edition) do not support the integration components used by QuickBooks (Click to Run Office is an online enabled, but limited edition of Office).
Check to see if you have a Click to Run or Starter Edition: From the File menu, select Help in Excel 2010, and look for any of the following:
QuickBooks Desktop 2020 and QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise 20.0
- Preparing letters requires Microsoft Word 2016, 2013, or 2010, or Office 365 (includes 64-bit).
- Exporting reports requires Microsoft Excel 2016, 2013, 2010 SP2 or Office 365 (includes 64-bit).
- Contact Synchronisation with Microsoft Outlook requires Outlook 2010 (32 bit).
- Synchronisation with Outlook requires QuickBooks Contact Sync for Outlook (the download is available at no charge).
QuickBooks Desktop 2019 and QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise 19.0
- Preparing letters requires Microsoft Word 2016, 2013, or 2010, or Office 365 (includes 64-bit).
- Exporting reports requires Microsoft Excel 2016, 2013, 2010, or Office 365 (includes 64-bit).
- Contact Synchronisation with Microsoft Outlook requires Outlook 2010 (32 bit).
- Synchronisation with Outlook requires QuickBooks Contact Sync for Outlook (the download is available at no charge).
QuickBooks Desktop 2018 and QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise 18.0
- Preparing letters requires Microsoft Word 2016, 2013, or 2010, or Office 365 (includes 64-bit).
- Exporting reports requires Microsoft Excel 2016, 2013, or 2010, or Office 365 (includes 64-bit).
- Contact Synchronisation with Microsoft Outlook requires Outlook 2010 (32 bit).
- Synchronisation with Outlook requires QuickBooks Contact Sync for Outlook (the download is available at no charge).