

If you don’t connect to the Internet at least every 31 days, your applications will go into reduced functionality mode, which means that you can view or print your documents but cannot edit the documents or create new ones.

You should also connect to the Internet regularly to keep your version of Office up to date and benefit from automatic upgrades.

Additionally, to update Office 2016 application manually, please open any Office 2016 application, choose File > Account > Update Options > Update Now. The following tables provide the update history for the volume licensed version of Office 2019, as well as the retail versions of Office 2016 C2R and Office 2019, with the most recent release date listed first.
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Internet access is also required to access documents stored on OneDrive, unless you install the OneDrive desktop app. Therefore, the Click-to-Run version Office 2016 would update directly from Microsoft server and no update history would be recorded in Microsoft Update of Control Panel. If not, you can manually update to get the latest version of Office. For Microsoft 365 plans, Internet access is also needed to manage your subscription account, for example to install Office on other PCs or to change billing options. However, Internet access is required to install and activate all the latest releases of Office suites and all Microsoft 365 subscription plans. You don’t need to be connected to the Internet to use Office applications, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, because the applications are fully installed on your computer.
