Microsoft Office 365 free for Scots students

Scots College students are now able to download Microsoft Office 2016 Professional Plus for free as part of the Microsoft Student Advantage programme.

This provides students with the full Microsoft Office Suite, which can be installed on up to 5 devices, Windows and Apple.

Note: We recommend using Microsoft Internet Explorer (or Safari for Mac users).

For Windows: follow either the direct link route, or via Scot-e. Both procedures are outlined below.
For the Mac: installation procedure is outlined in the third section below.

Install Office for Windows: direct link

To download the Office Pro Plus Suite, sign in to Office 365 at
portal.office.com/OLS/MySoftware.aspx

Type in your Scots College email address, then go to the Password field. Type in your password then click OK.

This will take you to Office install page.

At the bottom of the screen, select Run.

Follow the prompts and accept the licence agreement.

When you see “You’re good to go”, select All done.

Install Office for Windows: via Scot-E

If you are logged in at Scot-e, you can also install Office from this site.

At the top right, click/tap on your initials, then choose “view account”

On the next screen, choose “Office Apps”

The Microsoft Office components which will be installed are displayed on the next screen. Choose the Install button.

A prompt at the bottom of the screen will ask what you would like to do with the exe file. Save it. It’s a small file, and you will soon see the prompt change. Choose Run.