NOTE: Microsoft Office apps installed through your Office 365 account will remain active as long as you remain a current student or employee. Once you depart the University, your Office installation will need to be re-activated using a personal account or personal license key.
To install free Microsoft Office apps for Mac OS through your Office 365 account:
Microsoft Office is a very important software for generating, editing and sharing documents. Check out how to activate MS Office on your Mac for free. 'You need to activate Office for Mac within X days' after activating already. Microsoft is aware of and currently working on this issue. If you've activated Office for Mac 2016 but are still seeing a message that says 'You need to activate Office for Mac within X days,' please try these steps to resolve your issue: Run the License Removal Tool. Microsoft 365, Office 2019, Office 2016, Office 2013, Office 2010, Office 2007, Office for Mac 2011, and Office for Mac 2008 applications can open your documents without any additional action. Customers using earlier versions of Office may need to download and install a compatibility pack.
1. Login to Office 365 using your WUSTL Key email.wustl.edu/mail
2. Select your avatar on the top right and then select My account
3. Select Install Office
4. Determine the appropriate location for the download and Save
5. Open the Office .pkg file from the folder it was downloaded to and follow the steps to install Office
6. To activate Office, sign in with your WUSTL account
7. Select Sign into an existing Office 365 Subscription
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- Type your email address as:
- If your WUSTL Key username matches the first part of your @wustl.edu email address, enter: yourwustlkey@wustl.edu
- If your WUSTL Key username differs from the first part of your @wustl.edu email address, enter: yourwustlkey@email.wustl.edu
- Select Organizational Account
- Enter your email address again
- Enter your WUSTL Key password
- Select “Sign In”
7. If prompted to allow the Office assistant access to your contacts, select OK
8. When prompted to personalize your copy of Office, enter your first and last name, then select Continue
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9. Select whether you would like to have Office automatically update and if you want to participate in the Office improvement program, then select Continue
10. When you first open an Office app, you may be prompted to install updates – we recommend that you install any updates that are available
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