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March 24th, 2013

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Your Word Version

Doctor Scripto

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to identify the version of Microsoft Word you are running.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the version of Microsoft Word that is installed on my system?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Create an instance of the Word.Application object, and then choose the Version property:

PS C:\> (New-Object -ComObject word.application).version

15.0

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