Microsoft Office 2013 Professional Plus – Lifetime License Key for 1 PC

Microsoft Office 2013 Professional Plus for 1 PC: the bridge between old Office and new

Office 2013 sits at an interesting point in Microsoft's history. It was the first suite with the flat, touch-friendly interface that every later version refined, the first to save to the cloud by default, and the last generation before Microsoft started pushing everyone toward a subscription. It is also, in 2026, out of support. Microsoft ended extended support for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023, and no security updates have been released since. We put that fact at the top of the page on purpose. Microsoft Office 2013 Professional Plus is a legacy product, and the buyers who choose it should do so with clear eyes.

With that said, the reasons to buy it are real. Thousands of small businesses, schools and households still have PCs from the Windows 7 and 8.1 era that work fine for documents and spreadsheets but cannot install Office 2021 or 2024. Others have Access databases, Publisher layouts or Excel macro workbooks built in 2013 that they would rather not migrate. And some simply need to reactivate a machine that already runs this version after a motherboard replacement or a reinstall. For all of them, a genuine key for one PC, delivered by email within minutes, is the sensible route. The license type is shown in the Product Overview table on this page, and it is a perpetual license with no subscription.

If your situation does not match one of those, stop here and consider a supported suite. Office 2021 Professional Plus is supported until October 13, 2026 and Office 2024 Professional Plus until October 9, 2029. Both run on Windows 10 and 11 and both are the better buy for a primary work PC.

What Office Professional Plus 2013 includes

Professional Plus is the most complete edition of the 2013 generation. The seven applications, and the features that made each one notable when it launched:

• Word 2013: Read Mode, PDF Reflow that opens PDFs as editable documents, Design tab with document-wide styles, and simple markup for tracked changes
• Excel 2013: Flash Fill, Quick Analysis, Recommended Charts and PivotTables, the Data Model, Timeline slicers and one workbook per window
• PowerPoint 2013: Presenter View with slide zoom, widescreen 16:9 default, Eyedropper color picker and alignment guides
• Outlook 2013: inline replies, the Peeks bar for calendar and people, Exchange ActiveSync support for Outlook.com accounts and the People card
• OneNote 2013: shared notebooks, embedded Excel and Visio content, and full-page ink and touch support
• Access 2013: desktop databases plus Access web apps hosted on SharePoint 2013
• Publisher 2013: online picture import, picture swapping, and print-ready PDF export for brochures and mailers

Because it is a single install, every application shares the same ribbon, the same Backstage view and the same account and template settings, which is part of why organizations standardized on Pro Plus rather than mixing single applications.

Who this key is for

• Owners of Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 and 8.1 PCs that cannot run a current suite. Office 2013 is the newest Professional Plus edition that officially supports those operating systems.
• Businesses with Access 2013 applications, Publisher templates or VBA-heavy Excel workbooks that were tested on this version and should stay on it.
• People who lost the key for an existing Office 2013 install, or who are rebuilding a PC after a drive failure.
• Secondary or offline machines: a workshop PC, a records archive or a home office desktop that does not need the newest features.
• Anyone who wants a full suite, including Access and Publisher, on a low-specification PC where newer versions feel slow.

Office 2013 editions compared

Microsoft sold four main 2013 editions. Use the table to confirm Microsoft Office 2013 Professional Plus is the one your files and workflow need.

The retail Professional edition matches Pro Plus on applications; the Plus variant was the volume-channel release sold to organizations. For a buyer today the practical difference is the license type behind the key, which is shown in the Product Overview table.

What you give up compared with Office 2016 and later

Being honest about the trade-offs helps you decide. Office 2016 added real-time co-authoring in Word, the Tell Me search box on the ribbon, and Power Query built into Excel. Office 2019 brought the funnel and map charts, Morph and Zoom transitions in PowerPoint, and Focused Inbox in Outlook. Office 2021 introduced XLOOKUP, dynamic array formulas and dark mode across the suite, and Office 2024 refined all of that with a new default theme and performance work for large files. None of those features exist in 2013. The file formats, however, are the same: a .docx or .xlsx saved in Office 2024 opens in Office 2013, with newer formulas or effects shown in a compatible form. For basic writing, budgeting, presentations and email, most people notice the difference only in the visual polish. For data analysis or team collaboration, the newer versions earn their place, which is why we recommend them for a primary PC.

System requirements

Office 2013 was designed for the PCs of its day and runs well on hardware that would struggle with a modern suite. Microsoft's published minimums:

• Processor: 1 GHz or faster x86 or x64 with SSE2 instruction set
• Memory: 1 GB RAM for the 32-bit version, 2 GB for the 64-bit version
• Disk space: 3 GB of available space
• Display: 1024 x 576 or higher; graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX 10 graphics card
• Operating system: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012; the suite also installs on Windows 11, but Microsoft never listed that combination as supported
• Other: .NET Framework 3.5 or later; a Microsoft account is optional for saving to OneDrive but is not needed to activate with this key

The 32-bit installer remains the safer choice for compatibility with older add-ins; pick 64-bit only if you work with Excel models larger than 2 GB in memory.

Licensing: one PC, perpetual, transfer rights by type

This is a one-time purchase. The key activates Office 2013 Professional Plus on one Windows PC and keeps working with no renewal, no subscription and no sign-in requirement. Activation is online and usually completes in seconds. When Microsoft's servers request telephone activation instead, our team handles the Installation ID and Confirmation ID exchange with you by email.

Whether the key can move to another computer depends on its license type. Retail keys can be transferred to a replacement PC after the software is removed from the old one. OEM keys remain tied to the first PC they activate. Volume keys carry a set number of activations and are meant for organizations. The type for this listing is stated in the Product Overview table, and our team can explain what it means for your case before you order.

Why buy this key from Software in Store

Old versions attract a lot of dubious sellers because buyers assume nobody checks. We check. Every Microsoft Office 2013 Professional Plus key we sell is genuine, comes with the official Microsoft download link and is delivered by email within minutes, seven days a week. It is saved under My Account for the day you need to reinstall. A person, not a bot, answers support email every day of the week and stays with you through phone activation if Microsoft requires it. And our 30-day money-back guarantee means that if the key will not activate and we cannot fix it, you receive a replacement or a full refund. You can read more about how we operate on Why trust us.

Related products

The Office 2013 category holds this listing and our guides to the 2013 generation. If your hardware is even older, Office 2010 Professional Plus for 5 PCs covers a small fleet of Windows 7 machines. Stepping forward one generation, Office 2016 Professional Plus keeps the same interface with a later feature set, and Office 2019 Professional Plus is the last version before the current supported releases. Buyers who need only the email client can pick up Outlook 2016 on its own.

Ready to order

If a legacy suite is the right call for this PC, order your Microsoft Office 2013 Professional Plus key now and it will be in your inbox within minutes. How it works explains every step from checkout to activation, and the FAQs cover transfers, refunds and common activation messages. Still weighing 2013 against a newer version? Email our team and we will give you a straight answer.