Accessing and Setting Up Your SRSU Office 365 Suite SRSU is happy to announce that a full suite of Office 365 applications are now available for download by active students, staff and faculty What is Office 365? Office 365 is a subscription based version of Microsoft's Office Suite of applications. You can download the MS Office 365 suite on up to 5 computers, either PC or a Mac. The version offered through SRSU includes a downloadable version of the following
• Word • Excel • PowerPoint • Outlook • OneNote
With SRSU Office 365 Online you’ll get up to 6 GB of cloud-based storage along with extra applications and collaborative features, so you have the power and flexibility to get things done from virtually anywhere. Click here for online MS Office 365 (for Business) training and tutorials. ACCESSING YOUR MS OFFICE 365 SUITE
1. To access your MS Office 365 suite you will need to open a web browser and type in the following URL in the browsers address field (or click on the link): https://login.microsoftonline.com
NOTE: Sul Ross suggests you use the following browsers to access MS Office 365 • Google Chrome • Firefox • Safari
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4. The initial sign-‐in MS Office 365 sign-‐in screen will look like this:
To sign in, use your full SRSU Email address (Example: [email protected]). No password is required on this page. Click your tab key to move to next screen. 3. When you click the tab, you will be redirected to the screen below.
a. In the User name field, type in ONLY the username part (Example: testo365) of your email address
b. Type in your SRSU password c. Choose Sign In
4. If you see the screen below, choose Software under the Settings menu on the left side of the
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screen.
On the Software screen, you’ll see a pop-up on the top right of your screen that says “Microsoft Office For Free”. At the bottom of the pop-up, choose the Install Now link.
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5. Now you should be at the Install Office on your PC screen. Choose the Install Now button at the left of the screen to download the MS Office 365 suite to your computer! (NOTE: You may wish to first click off the optional Bing search and MSN browser homepage features before installing).
6. Office will appear in the downloads bar, double-click to begin. A dialog box will
appear, click Run. (NOTE: You’ll need to uninstall any previous version of MS Office from your computer BEFORE installing Office 365)
ACCESSING YOUR MS OFFICE 365 ONLINE SUITE Your Microsoft Office 365 Online can be found by clicking on the “app launcher” cube at
the top left of the Office 365 homepage screen. A fly-out menu with all your Office 365 online application choices will appear.
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The version of Office 365 Online offered through SRSU includes cloud-based versions of the following:
• Word • Excel • PowerPoint • OneNote • OneDrive – Keep all your files and photos here and then access or share them from
anywhere. • Newsfeed • Sites • Delve • Video • Class Notebook (a sister app to OneNote) • Yammer
STORING YOUR FILES ON MS OFFICE 365 ONEDRIVE OneDrive for Business is the place to store and share your work documents in the cloud. All content you store in OneDrive for Business is private until you decide to share it with other people. View and edit Office documents in Office Online or open them for viewing or editing in their Office applications. Use OneDrive for Business in your web browser or sync it to your computer to access content locally and when you’re offline. Watch the video: Get to know OneDrive for Business Watch the video: Upload Documents to OneDrive for Business Watch the video: Viewing and Editing Documents in OneDrive for Business