How to Download Microsoft Office for Mac
Part 1 of 3:
Downloading Your Own Copy
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Open your Microsoft Account page. Go to https://account.microsoft.com/ in your computer's web browser. This will open your Microsoft Account's "Overview" page if you're logged in. -
Sign into your Microsoft Account if necessary. If you aren't signed into your Microsoft Account, click Sign in in the upper-right corner of the page, then enter your Microsoft Account email address, click Next, enter your password, and click Sign in. -
Click the Services & subscriptions tab. This is at the top of the page. -
Find the "Office 365" heading. Scroll down until you find the heading for the Microsoft Office service you want to download.- If you have a different version of Microsoft Office (e.g., the "Office Home & Student" package), you'll look for that heading instead.
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Click Install. It's a blue link to the right of the Office 365 heading. A pop-up window will appear. -
Click Install when prompted. Doing so will prompt the install file to download onto your Mac. Once Office finishes downloading, you can proceed with installing Office.- Depending on your browser's settings, you may first be prompted to select a save location or confirm the download.
Part 2 of 3:
Downloading via an Invitation
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Open the invitation email. Go to the email inbox in which you received your Office invitation, then click the email that contains the invitation. -
Click Accept. It's a button in the invitation email. Your Microsoft Account page will open. -
Log into your Microsoft Account. If you aren't logged into your Microsoft Account, enter your email address and password before proceeding.- If you don't have a Microsoft Account, you can click Create one! below the Next button and then follow the on-screen prompts to create a Microsoft account.
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Click Install. This is on the invitation page. -
Follow any additional on-screen prompts. You may be asked to click Install once more before the file will download, and your browser may require you to specify a download location or confirm the download before Office will begin downloading. Once Office finishes downloading, you can proceed with installing Office.
Part 3 of 3:
Installing Office
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Go to the downloaded Office file's location. By default, you'll find the file in the "Downloads" folder; if you selected a different folder or your browser downloads to a different folder by default, go to that folder instead. -
Double-click the Office PKG file. Doing so prompts the installer window to open. -
Click Continue twice. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. -
Click Agree when prompted. This agrees to the Microsoft Office terms of use. -
Click Install. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. -
Enter your Mac's password when prompted. This is the password you use to log into your Mac. -
Click Install Software. You'll find this blue button at the bottom of the password prompt. Doing so begins installing Microsoft Office on your Mac.[1]- It will take a few minutes for Microsoft Office to finish installing.
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Click Close when prompted. This button is in the bottom-right corner of the window; it signifies that Microsoft Office has finished installing.- You should now be able to find your Microsoft Office apps in the Applications folder.
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