How to Activate Office

1. Open Word/Powerpoint or Excel, for the purposes of this article, we will be using Microsoft Word.

2. In the top left-hand corner, open the tab correlating with the applications name (e.g. Excel, Word or Powerpoint). Find the option that says 'Activate Office', and click on it. This will open another page.

 

3. Click 'Existing Office 365 Users? Sign in'

4. Sign in with your email address ([e-mail]), and click 'next'.

5. Enter your password and press 'Sign-in'. This is the password you use to access your school emails, Gateway etc. 

6. When you have successfully activated office you will see this screen:

Press 'Start Using Word' and you have successfully activated office on your Mac.