How to Download Microsoft Office for Mac

This updated guide examines How to Download Microsoft Office for Mac and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Part 1

Downloading Your Own Copy

1. 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.
2. 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 .
3. Click theServices & subscriptionstab. This is at the top of the page.
4. 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.
5. ClickInstall. It's a blue link to the right of the Office 365 heading. A pop-up window will appear.
6. ClickInstallwhen 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

Downloading via an Invitation

1. Open the invitation email. Go to the email inbox in which you received your Office invitation, then click the email that contains the invitation.
2. ClickAccept. It's a button in the invitation email. Your Microsoft Account page will open.
3. 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.
4. ClickInstall. This is on the invitation page.
5. 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

Installing Office

1. 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.
2. Double-click the Office PKG file. Doing so prompts the installer window to open.
3. ClickContinuetwice. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window.
4. ClickAgreewhen prompted. This agrees to the Microsoft Office terms of use.
5. ClickInstall. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window.
6. Enter your Mac's password when prompted. This is the password you use to log into your Mac.
7. ClickInstall 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.
8. ClickClosewhen 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.