You’ll want to accept the conditions of the license and have this apply to all programs/applications, so all Microsoft apps allow free use through your college email.

It’s likely you’ll still see a license/activation error, which should soon go away.

Keep in mind even once you sign in with your college email (Saints email or staff email), there is still a slight delay in the license being recognized by Microsoft and activated.

The only exception to this is if you’ve already paid for a personal license for Microsoft Office and want to continue using this.

But if you see either no name or a personal email here, you need to change this by signing out and signing in with your college email.

If you’re already signed in with your MHCC email all is good you’re done.

Look in the upper right hand corner for your name or email.

Open Word by typing this in the Search Box (or Spotlight on the Mac), and then selecting to open it.

But you will need to log in with your college email (Saints Email for MHCC or staff email) if you want to continue to use this for free (otherwise, Microsoft will start disabling access to Office and request payment after a trial period of, typically, a month). If Word appears, that means you already have Microsoft Office installed on your computer.

Yes, I Have MS Word/Office on my Computer

If Word doesn’t appear, or the result shows only WordPad or Pages, proceed to No, I Don’t Have MS Word/Office on My Computer.

If Word does appear, continue onto Yes, I Have MS Word/Office on My Computer.

On a Mac computer click the Spotlight icon (if shown) in the menu bar in the upper right, or press Command + Space bar.

On a Windows computer click the Search Box (magnifying glass icon) on the lower bottom left of your computer (you can also press the Windows logo key + S on your keyboard to open Search).

If you need to check on this, just continue with step 1. If you know Office is installed, skip down to Yes, I Have MS Word/Office on My Computer section. Some computers will come with Microsoft Office already installed, including MHCC loaner laptops from the college, but you’ll still need to activate a student (or staff) license to continue using MS Word/Office for free.

How to Activate/Install Microsoft Office: First, check if you have Microsoft Office on your computer

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