Fordham University provides free Microsoft Office 365! Current students, faculty and staff are eligible to opt-in for the online version or they may download up to 5 copies of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Access (PC only) to their personal Mac or PC, as well as their mobile devices. For installs on mobile devices, follow the links to download to mobile.
Through Microsoft Office 365 accounts, students receive access to a variety of Microsoft products including OneDrive for Business (document storage and file sharing), Skype for Business (text, voice, and video chat), SharePoint (internal websites and document management), Office Online. Office 365 ProPlus is a service available to registered students with an Office 365 email account enabling them to use the latest full version of Microsoft Each subscription license will allow eligible students to run Office on up to five machines being Mac or PC and run Office Mobile for Android.
Improve your skills with Offce and other Microsoft tools by taking courses at also available in 'My Apps.' Do not download Microsoft Office resources to any University-owned device. To get your Microsoft Office 365 follow these two steps: A) Sign up for Microsoft Office 365 Online.
Go to your Student or Employee tab at My.Fordham.edu. In the channel “Microsoft Office Online Account Sign Up,” click on the link and follow the prompts. After you opt in, a confirmation will be sent to your Fordham email. B) Access Microsoft Office 365 to download or use online. Go to your Student, Faculty, or Employee tab at. In the “My Apps” section, go to the channel for Microsoft Office 365, click on the link, and follow the prompts. You will have the choice of using Microsoft Office online or to download a copy for your personal computer.
If your Windows device has an existing installation of Office, you may need to uninstall the program before downloading a new version. Find out if you need to do so by following these steps:. In your Student, Faculty or Employee tab at My.Fordham, go to the Microsoft Office 365 channel and click on the link.
Click on 'Other installs,' in the upper right-hand corner. The new window that appears will recommend which version of Office to download. Click on 'Review system requirements.' In the new window that appears, follow the prompts for setting up your computer for the installation. If Office needs to be uninstalled first, instructions will appear for doing so. Microsoft Office includes the following resources: Access (Windows only) Tables, queries, forms, reports and more enable you to build databases and web apps. Excel (Mac and Windows) Create spreadsheets and workbooks.
OneDrive (available with Microsoft Office Online) Free online storage. Sync, share, and save your Office files and access them across all your devices.
If you use OneDrive to save Fordham data, please consult the and Fordham University’s. The policy applies to all data produced, collected, stored, or used by University employees, student workers, consultants and agents during their relationship with the University. OneNote (Mac and Windows, requires OneDrive, which can be accessed via Microsoft Office Online) Create notebooks online and access them from any device.
Use OneDrive to take notes, create to-do lists, and collaborate. Outlook (Mac and Windows) A personal information manager for email (Visit for instructions on how to configure Outlook with Fordham Gmail. ), tasks, contacts. Outlook also includes a calendar and a place for note-taking. PowerPoint (Mac and Windows) Create presentations and slide shows. Publisher (Mac and Windows) Essential tools for entry-level desktop publishing.
Skype (Windows only) Participate in video and web conferencing, and IM chats. Word (Mac and Windows) Create text-based documents. Graphics, tables, shapes, and other desktop publishing features included. If you have questions, contact IT Customer Care.
Office 365 for Students All current MAC students are now entitled to use Microsoft Office 365 at no cost via the Microsoft Advantage program. This agreement between MAC and Microsoft allows us to provide current students with the latest version of Office to use at home or school. Please see the information below for instructions and information on Office 365. IT Services Microsoft Office 365 for Students How to get it: - You must be a student currently enrolled in MAC classes - Access is tied to your '@' e-mail address.
Sign in to your Office365 Portal with your full MAC email address as the username and your current MAC computer password. The Portal website is available at the following link: - Once logged-in, click the 'Install Now' button.NOTE. You will be required to uninstall previous versions of Office NOTE: Office installs the 32-bit version on your PC by default, even if your computer is running a 64-bit version of Windows. This is recommended for optimal compatibility.
More information. Deactivate an installation on either a PC or a Mac: If you’ve already installed the latest version of Office 365 on five computers that you use and you want to install Office on a sixth computer, you can do that by first deactivating an installation on one of your current computers. Go to Software Office.
Click Deactivate next to the computer you want to deactivate the installation from. Troubleshoot your Office installation: If you experience errors during your Office 365 installation, please see the following link: What is included with the Office 365 subscription license? - Office 365 for Education -PC (Office 2013 base applications) - Office 365 for Education - Mac (Office 2011 for Mac base applications) - Office Mobile for iPhone - Office Mobile for Android How many machines/devices can I run this subscription on? Each subscription license allows you to run Office on up to five machines - Mac or PC.
You can also run Office Mobile for Android or Office Mobile for iPhone on up to 5 mobile devices. Is this a full version Office and available for offline use? Yes, this is a full version of Office on the PC, Mac, iPhone, and Android platform and all are available for offline use. There are a few differences in functionality between Office 365 and Office 2013 but only in advanced program features.
If you are currently enrolled in computer classes, you should verify with your instructor that Office 365 will meet the requirements for your class. What applications come with Office 365 for Education for PC? - Word 2013 - Excel 2013 - PowerPoint 2013 - OneNote 2013 - Outlook 2013 What comes with Office 365 for Education for Mac? - Word 2013 - Excel 2013 - PowerPoint 2013 - Outlook 2013 What comes with Office Mobile for iPhone?
- Word Mobile - Excel Mobile - PowerPoint Mobile - OneNote and Lync Mobile available as separate download. What comes with Office Mobile for Android? - Word Mobile - Excel Mobile - PowerPoint Mobile - OneNote and Lync Mobile available as separate download What are the PC requirements for Office 365? Operating System: Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows 10 Note: 32-bit Office can be installed on 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems Computer and processor: 1 GHZ or faster x86 or 64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set. Memory: 1 GB RAM (32-bit) 2 GB RAM (64-bit) recommended for graphics features, Outlook Instant Search, and certain advanced functionality. Disk space 3 gigabytes (GB) Monitor resolution 1024 x 768 What are the Mac requirements for Office 365 ProPlus?
Computer and processor: A Mac computer with an Intel processor. DVD drive or connection to a local area network (if installing over a network). Operating System: Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later. Memory: 1 GB of RAM recommended. Disk space: 2.5 GB of available hard disk space. HFS+ hard disk format (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Plus).
Monitor resolution: 1280 x 768 or higher resolution monitor What are the iPhone requirements for Office Mobile for iPhone? IPhone 4 or greater NOTE - All devices above must be running iOS 6.1 minimum What are the Android requirements for Office Mobile for Android? Android OS 4.0 or greater Android touch enabled smartphones only Do students have to sign into Office 365 to use any of these applications with Office 365 for Education? Yes, a valid Office 365 for Education license tied to a valid Office 365 login for students is required to enable any of the four Office 365 for Education features.
How long can a student leverage Office 365 for Education? The guidelines are such they can leverage this program until they graduate or are no longer attending Mineral Area College. At that point, we must disable their Office 365 for Education license. How is this different from Office 2013 Professional Plus? The Office 2013 applications are almost exactly the same however there are some differences including patching, license sign in for usage, and Click-to-run technology for rapid installs (2 minutes for quick usage).
Where can I get training on Office 365? There is some excellent end user training on Office 2013. There is some excellent end user training on Office for Mac 2011 here: / / / Some end user help guides on Office Mobile for iPhone.
Some end user help guides on Office Mobile for Android. Looking for help? If you have any questions, problems, or comments, please contact the IT Help Desk via email at ', or visit them in the Technology Building in offices T7 and T8.