Office 365 is a subscription service offered by Microsoft and includes applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. If you have an Office 365 subscription, Microsoft will provide you with regular updates for your software.
Microsoft offers various subscription levels for Office 365 as explained below:
- Office 365 Home: You can share this subscription with 6 users and each of them can install Office applications on all their devices. You also get access to 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage.
- Office 365 Personal – This subscription can be used by one user and the user also has access to 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage.
- Office Home & Student 2019: This is a single subscription to Office and includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Apps can only be installed on a PC or Mac and there is no OneDrive cloud storage available.
Now, make sure you have a Microsoft account before you buy an Office 365 subscription because you’ll need it to sign in to Office 365 apps, access OneDrive cloud storage, and your Outlook account.
Buy Office 365
To buy an Office 365 subscription, you’ll need to select the version of Office you want and then make a payment. You can also get help from the given steps to clear up the confusion:
- Open a browser and type Office.com.
- Sign in to your Microsoft account.
- After you sign in, go to the Office portal where you can access Office apps and manage your subscription.
- You must select Office 365 and select ‘Buy Now’ for the Office subscription you want. If you want to buy an annual subscription or you can choose ‘buy for $9.99 per month’ if you want a monthly subscription.
- Check the product you selected in the cart again and press ‘Checkout’.
- Now choose your payment method between credit card, debit card, PayPal or bank account.
- Enter your payment information and press ‘Save’.
- Finally, select ‘Place Order’ and your order will be processed and you will receive a confirmation of the transaction.
Install Office 365
Once you have successfully purchased your Office 365 subscription, the next step is to install Office 365 on your computer.
Here are the steps:
- Go to the Office 365 portal page, and then sign in to your Microsoft account.
- Select ‘Install Office’ and on the Office 365 Home website, select Install Office.
- The Office 365 Home account page will display links to install Office 365.
- Then you will see the initial screen to download and install Office 375, click on the ‘Install’ option.
- You may be prompted to run or save the file you downloaded.
- Select Run and when Office is ready, install the Office applications.
- After installation is complete, you may be asked to enter an email address or phone number to receive a link to download the Office mobile apps.
Activate Office 365 for home
After a successful installation, you must activate Office 365 before you can start using it.
To activate Office, follow these steps:
- Open any from the Office applications.
- Then enter your Microsoft email address and password.
- On the next page, you will see the ‘Select License Agreement’ screen, click ‘Accept’.
- Once the app opens, you’re ready to work with documents and spreadsheets.
If you want to use Office 365 on any other device, you can use it on as many devices as you want.
- To install Office 365 on another computer, sign in to your Microsoft account on the computer you want to install it on and click ‘Install Office’ on the Office Portal page.
- To install Office 365 on a mobile device, smartphone, or tablet, go to Google Play, the Apple Store, or the Windows Store and download the apps to your device.
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