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Help Guide: Get Microsoft Office 365 on your Personal Computer
As a student of Gladesmore Community School you have access to Microsoft Office 365 licencing. This licence is assigned to your school email and allows you to download a desktop version of Office 365 on your personal Microsoft Windows or Apple MacOS devices. The licence is valid for the duration of your enrolment at Gladesmore.
Follow the below instructions to install. This guide is for the Windows operating system however the install process for Apple MacOS is highly similar.
Browse to Office.com and Sign-in
Open a browser and go to office.com
Click Sign-in
Sign-in using your school email and school PC password
2. Click Install Microsoft 365 Apps
Click Install Microsoft 365 Apps on the top left of the welcome page
Click Install Office (This will download a program called OfficeSetup)
3. Launch the OfficeSetup Application
Launch the OfficeSetup application that just downloaded
If you cannot find this it will most likely be in your Downloads folder on Windows or Mac OS.
4. Allow the installer to finish Installing Office
The OfficeSetup Installer will immediately begin to download and install Microsoft Office 365 on your PC.
This can take anywhere from 20 to 50 minutes depending on your internet connection speed. Sometimes it will seem like it's doing nothing - allow it to run.
5. Once Installed, Launch Word
Once the installer has finished launch Word
This will be an icon on your Windows 10 Start Menu or an icon in Finder under the Applications folder on Mac OS.
6. Sign-in to Office
As soon as you launch Word you will be prompted to Sign-in to activate your office licencing.
Click Sign-in and enter your school email and school PC password
7. Finish the Installation
After you successfully sign-in to Office there will be a few prompts to finalise the installation, these will be:
Allow my organisation to manage my device - This setting does not allow Gladesmore to see or access your Office files or your personal computer. It is a setting that registers your device onto the School's Microsoft Azure platform as a trusted device - this collects data such as Operating System type and version, Computer Name, Device ID, username and owner name. It is up to you should you wish to leave this setting ticked or unticked.
Default File Types - It's recommended to keep this setting as Office Open XML formats.
Office 365 will now be installed on your PC and ready to be used.
Ensure not to save your documents on your school email One Drive account. Ideally keep your school work saved on your Google Drive to avoid any mix-ups.