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The following article provides information on how to install Microsoft Office 365 on your Dell PCs.
This is a step by step guide taking you through installing Microsoft Office 365 on your system. It lists the system requirements to run the program. How to locate the install media and how to use it once you have it. Office 365 is the latest office business suite and is designed as new subscription service integrating online content.
You can purchase Office 365 if it didn't come with your system.
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There are also some notes and hints about known issues and there are some suggestions about how best to go about the install itself.
As always if you have any problems at the end of this guide you can contact your local technical support or our Twitter team for further help, but in this case I would recommend you contact your local Microsoft helpline instead.
Microsoft Office 365 will install on the following minimum hardware requirements :
There will be no backup DVD media.
There is no MSI installer for Office 365.
Instead you will be using the new click to run installer service.
Whether you are installing for the first time or are installing to multiple systems, you will be using a download and click to run installer service from the Microsoft site. There is no download to save the program as backup media, everything will be dealt with online instead. If you're wanting to use the system offline, then Office 365 probably isn't the program you should be looking at.
Confirm your PC meets the Office 365 system requirements.
Check to see if your PC is preloaded with Office 365.
Click the Windows Start menu and then click All Programs. If you see Office 365, Office is preloaded.
If your PC is preloaded with Office 365. Click the Windows Start Menu and then click Office 365. On the startup screen, log into your Microsoft account and when prompted, enter your 25-character Product Key.
If your PC is NOT preloaded with Office 365 or you have reinstalled your PC from disc and not from an image. Go to the page below and enter your product ID and you can download the software again.
When you use the latest version of Office with Office 365, you can edit and review Office files from virtually anywhere you can use your computer, mobile device, or web browser.
Here’s what Office includes :
To install Office when you sign in to Office 365 for the first time
Sign in to Office 365 by using your user ID, and then click PC.
If you’re an admin, go to Admin > Settings > Office 365 Settings > Software.
On the Office page, select a Language, and then click Install.
You can install this version of Office on up to five computers. After you’ve completed the installation, make sure you have automatic updates turned on.
Microsoft have created a video about using Office and Office Web Apps in Office 365 .
If you’ve already installed the latest version of Office with Office 365 on five computers and you want to install Office on a sixth computer, you would have to deactivate an installation on one of your current computers and then activate the new one.
Go to Software > Office. Click Deactivate next to the computer you want to deactivate the installation from.
Please go to one of the links below for a page listing the various Office installation guides available for your type of system.
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