1. Go to www.office.com and if you’re not already signed in, select Sign in.
2. Note: If you bought Office for personal use through your company’s Microsoft HUP benefit, you may not be able to sign in here. Find installation help at Install Office through HUP.
3. Sign in with the account you associated with this version of Office. This account can be a Microsoft account, or work or school account. I forgot the account I use with Office
4. After signing in, follow the steps that match the type of account you signed in with.

You signed in with a Microsoft account

• From the Office home page select Install Office to start the download.
  You signed in with a work or school account

a. From the Microsoft 365 home page select Install Office (if you set a different start page, go to aka.ms/office-install).

b. Select Office 365 apps to begin the download.

Note:Don’t see an install option after signing in? There could be an issue with your account. Select Need help? from above and review the issues listed in the section Account questions.

5. Follow the instructions below to complete installing your Office apps.

Part 2: Install Office
1. Once the download has completed, open Finder, go to Downloads, and double-click Microsoft Office installer.pkg file (the name might vary slightly).

2. Tip: If you see an error that says the Microsoft Office installer.pkg can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer, wait 10 seconds and move the downloaded file to your desktop. Hold Control + click the file to launch the installer.
3. On the first installation screen, select Continue to begin the installation process.

4. Review the software license agreement, and then click Continue.
5. Select Agree to agree to the terms of the software license agreement.
6. Choose how you want to install Office and click Continue.
7. Review the disk space requirements or change your install location, and then click Install.
Note: If you want to only install specific Office apps and not the entire suite, click the Customize button and uncheck the programs you don’t want.
8. Enter your Mac login password, if prompted, and then click Install Software. (This is the password that you use to log in to your Mac.)

9. The software begins to install. Click Close when the installation is finished. If Office installation fails, see What to try if you can’t install or activate Office for Mac.

Part 3: Launch an Office for Mac app and start the activation process
1. Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock to display all of your apps.


2. Click the Microsoft Word icon in the Launchpad.

3. The What’s New window opens automatically when you launch Word. Click Get Started to start activating. If you need help activating Office, see Activate Office for Mac. If Office activation fails, see What to try if you can’t install or activate Office for Mac.