How do I Install Microsoft Office?

Southeast Technical College provides Office 365 licensing for students and employees who need Microsoft Office installed on their devices. The Office products will activate when you log in to them with your STC account on a Mac or PC and also on mobile devices running iOS and Android. 

• Students have a license while they are enrolled in classes at Southeast Tech. The license is attached to your STC account, and will automatically deactivate when your email account is removed (1 semester after graduation, or immediately upon withdrawal from Southeast Tech).
• Employees have a license while they are employed at Southeast Tech.

Microsoft Office Installation Notes:

• This process can be completed anywhere that you are connected to the Internet. You do not have to be connected to the Southeast Tech network to install and set up Microsoft Office.
• You need to know your Southeast Tech email address and password to access Microsoft 365. You should have received an email with this information when you registered for classes.
• Thes steps are different depending if you are on Windows or macOS
  • Windows Installation Steps
  • macOS Installation Steps

Windows 11 comes with Microsoft Office pre installed and just needs to be activated with your STC account. Use these steps to complete that process:

1. Launch Microsoft Word
   
2. When the license agreement appears, click Accept 

3. Select your account in the upper right corner of the window

   • Click on Sign in with a different account 

     

   • Enter your Southeast Tech email address and password 

     

   • On the screen that asks to Automatically sign in to all desktop apps, uncheck the option for Allow my organization to manage my device, then click Yes, all apps 

     

4. Click on your account again to log out of your Personal Microsoft account 

   • If a message appears asking if you want to Sign out of Office choose Sign Out 

     

5. After completing these steps, you will have access to the full Microsoft Office suite with your STC account 

   

1. Sign In to Office 365 

• Open your browser and go to https://365.southeasttech.edu 
• Sign in with your Southeast Tech email address and password 

2. Download Office 

• Once you’re logged in, navigate to “Install and more” which is located at the top right of the page 

• Choose Install Microsoft 365 Apps

  

• On the new page, click Install Office to start the download  

  

3. Install Office 

• After the download is complete, open the installer file 

• The installation wizard will open. Follow the on-screen instructions to install Office 

  

4. Complete the Setup 

• Once installed, you will be able to open any of the Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) which will be in your Applications folder 

• The first time you open an app, you’ll be prompted to sign in. 

• Sign in with your Southeast Tech email address and password 

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For Office on mobile devices you can activate by using your STC login.