The directions below are for all faculty, staff and students on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), who have access to install Office 2016 for Mac on personal computers through your Northeastern Office 365 accounts. If you already have a purchased version of Office 2011 for Mac on your computer, installing the Office 365 version of Office 2016 will NOT overwrite it – the two suites will work side-by-side.
Microsoft refined the repair options with the Office 365 release based on Click-to-Run technology that makes it easily to access repair files over the internet, no need for install media.
If your Mac is running OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or 10.9 (Mavericks), you will have been presented with Office 2011 for Mac to download. Go to for those installation directions. Once you have downloaded the Office 365 ProPlus installer (a.dmg file) from Microsoft, open and run the file. Faculty/staff – See.
Students – See The installation wizard will come up. Click Continue to be guided through the steps. On the license page, you can read the license, or just click Agree, and then click Continue.
We recommend that you let the wizard choose the installation location. Click Install to continue. To install, you will need to enter your computer log in username and password (NOT your Office 365 credentials). The rest of the installation process should proceed smoothly. When complete click “Close” to exit the final screen of the wizard. To complete setup, Office will automatically launch Word. On opening the application, you will see a screen highlighting the changes in Office 2016.
Click “Get started.” On the next screen, you are redirected to the Office 365 sign in portal. Click “Sign In” to start the activation process. First, you must enter your Office 365 username (myNortheastern [email protected]) and your myNortheastern password.
Click “Sign In” to continue. On the next screen, Microsoft will ask for the email you want associated with the account. This MUST be your Office 365 username. Do not use your HuskyMail or another email. Click “Next” to activate your account. Once activation is complete, you will be prompted to choose your theme. This can be changed later at any time.
Click “Continue” to finish. At this point, your installation, setup and activation of all Office applications is complete. Any time you open Office application for the first time, you will need to click “Always Allow” to add your Microsoft identity to the keychain for that application. When you open any other Office application for the first time – except Outlook – you will not need to go through the activation process again. After installation, Microsoft will check the validity of your license in the background every 30 days – you may be prompted to re-authenticate your license.
You maintain a valid software license until you leave the university, after which the software will provide read-only access.
. Enter your Texas State email address (e.g., [email protected]) and hit Enter. You will be taken to the Microsoft Online for Texas State login page. Finish logging in with your Texas State email and password. Click Install to begin the installation process. The Installer will begin to download.
After the download has completed, double-click the MicrosoftOffice2016.pkg icon in your downloads folder. When the window opens, click continue. Click Continue. You will be presented with a software license agreement window.
Click Agree to agree to the license terms and continue the install. Select your desired destination for the software and then click continue. Your software will begin installing. When the installation has finished, click Close. You can now find the Microsoft Office 365 Apps located in your launchpad.
You will now have access to Microsoft Office 365.