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Free Microsoft Office for Staff and Students

Students and staff can use Microsoft Office software at home at no cost while they study or work at Wath Academy on up to 5 devices...

The Microsoft Office license is linked to user accounts in school. When a student or a member of staff leaves and their account is disabled the Office Suite will eventually go into Reduced Functionality Mode and will have to be uninstalled.

If you sign up in Year 7, that's up to 7 years using the latest version of Microsoft Office. The retail price is around £60 to £150.

What you can get...

Microsoft Office Suite
Contains: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access, Publisher, Outlook

Microsoft Office for Mac
Contains: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Office Mobile for Android or iOS
Contains: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

How to get it...

To avoid any issue's we recommend uninstalling any trial versions of office before you start as they can conflict. You can find details on how to do this through the link below, there is also a removal tool to help too.

https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Uninstall-Office-2016-Office-2013-or-Office-365-from-a-PC-9dd49b83-264a-477a-8fcc-2fdf5dbf61d8

Once you have removed Office from your computer, follow the instructions below;

1. Click on this link https://portal.office.com/OLS/MySoftware.aspx

2. On the first login page please enter your school email address e.g. username@wathacademy.com and click into the password box, the page will refresh and you will see a picture of the school with another login box.

3. Login with your school email and password

4. Click the install button 

5. Choose Run or Save

6. The installation will begin while a video explains the features

7. You will need to activate Office. Please use your school email address and your school log on password as your credentials.

Software Requirements

https://products.office.com/en-GB/office-system-requirements?CorrelationId=2a833ed3-e123-40fa-bf92-d49663df1d77&ui=en-US&rs=en-GB&ad=GB#subscription-plans-section

Microsoft Office Learning Tutorials

Windows

 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Office-2016-Quick-Start-Guides-25f909da-3e76-443d-94f4-6cdf7dedc51e

Mac

https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Office-2016-for-Mac-Quick-Start-Guides-5bccb480-0e5b-4b51-b072-66d3793ccad8