How to download Microsoft Office
All current students and staff now have free access to Microsoft Office on your devices as part of Southern Cross University's subscription to the Microsoft Office 365 platform.
As a student or staff member at SCU, you'll be able to use this software at no cost on up to 5 personal compatible PCs, Macs, and Mobile devices.
Note: this does not apply to SCU PC Computers. The University's standard operating system includes this as a part of the basic Universities PC operating system.
Important: Your Office 365 subscription will only stay active while you remain enrolled/employed at SCU. You can then subscribe to the consumer version of Office 365 using the same software you already have installed.
Apps that are part of your Microsoft Office desktop
Microsoft Office for your computer
Step 1: Click here to access the Office 365 Software page
Step 2: At the Microsoft login screen, type in your SCU email address e.g. f.smithville.10@student.scu.edu.au or fred.smithville@scu.edu.au
Step 3: At the SCU authentication page, type in your SCU email login credentials
Step 4: More information required... approve your sign-in request; you will either do this via the authentication method you have previously configured e.g. Microsoft Authenticator App. If you haven't setup a second authentication method; it will take you through a wizard to configure see Multi-Factor Authentication - MFA @ SCU!
Step 5: On the installation page select your language and click the button Install Office
Step 6: The download will then begin and follow the wizard through, Next
See Microsoft Office365 page that will demonstrate similar steps with pictures, so you know what to expect.
Microsoft Office Apps on Chromebook, iOS and Android
Important:
Not all features or services are available on the Office 365 Mobile Apps version
You can’t install the Windows or Mac desktop versions of Microsoft 365 or Office 2016 on a Chromebook
The Android versions of Office, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive are not currently supported on a Chromebook
One Drive for Business application for Mac OSX is currently not supported. Microsoft have indicated it is in development and will provide an update to this application soon. However One Drive for business is available via Outlook on the Web: http://onedrive.scu.edu.au
You can find important information regards to Microsoft Office does not support Chromebook in the link bellow.
How to access Microsoft Office on a Chromebook
Step 1: Open your device's app store
Step 2: Download the individual programs Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Step 3: When prompted, sign in with your SCU email login credentials (this will unlock full editing capability) e.g. f.smithville.10@student.scu.edu.au or fred.smithville@scu.edu.au
Step 4: More information required... approve your sign-in request; you will either do this via the authentication method you have previously configured e.g. Microsoft Authenticator App. If you haven't setup a second authentication method; it will take you through a wizard to configure see Multi-Factor Authentication - MFA @ SCU