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Downloading Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Downloading Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Summary

Who this is for:

  • Students who want to download Microsoft Office on to their computers

  • Current Whitman employees who want to download Microsoft Office onto their personal (non-Whitman owned) computers.

Note: Whitman employees do not need to download Office applications onto their Whitman-owned computers as they are already installed. If you are experiencing difficulty, please contact the Help Desk.

How to download Microsoft Office on your computer

  1. Go to portal.office.com, and sign in using your full Whitman email address, i.e. myusername@whitman.edu.

  2. Click “Apps”

  3. Click “Install Apps” and then “Microsoft 365 Apps”

  4. Click “Apps & Devices”

  5. Click “Install Office”. The download should begin. It may take a while to download, depending on the speed of your internet connection.

Install Microsoft Office on your computer

  1. Once you have downloaded the Microsoft Office Installer, locate it. It will be in your “Downloads” folder or other location where you find items you have downloaded.

  2. Run the installer.

Note: During installation process, on one of the screens you will see a “Customize” button. Clicking “Customize” will allow you to choose which apps you install on your computer. If you don’t click “Customize,” the installer will install ALL Microsoft Office apps.

The first time you try to use one of the Microsoft Office apps

You will be asked to sign in. Do so using your full Whitman email address, i.e yourusername@whitman.edu. You might be periodically asked to sign in again, but in general once you have signed in this first time, you will not be asked to do so every time you use the apps.

Install Microsoft Office on up to FIVE devices!

That’s right. You can install Office on up to five work or personal devices.