This article guides UNC-Chapel Hill students through installing Office for Mac 2021 who have placed an order on the Software Distribution Office site and received their fulfillment URL via email.
Before you begin
These instructions are for students who have placed an order on the Software Distribution Office site and received their fulfillment URL via email.
Instructions
1. Click sign in.
2. Sign in with your UNC email (onyen@ad.unc.edu).
3. Enter your personal information for academic verification. Enter “Chapel Hill” to find the school name of “University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.”
4. Select “I agree to the subscription agreement, Azure Dev Tools for Teaching agreement” to be able to verify academic status and accept terms. Select “Verify academic status and accept terms.”
5. Select “Software” on the left navigation column under Learning resources.
6. Here you should see your available software to download.
7. Select the Mac version of Office that you would like to download and click “view key.” Copy the product key somewhere safe and then press “activate” to download the ISO file onto your computer.
8. Download the ISO file locally onto your computer to your Downloads folder.
9. Open a new tab and go to https://setup.office.com and click “Get Started.”
10. Sign in with your personal Microsoft email. If you do not have a personal Microsoft email, click “Create one!”
11. Paste the product key that you previously saved and then select “Next”.
12. Click “redeem” to redeem your product key.
13. Minimize or close your browser.
14. Go to your downloads folder and double click on the ISO download file that was previously downloaded.
15. On your desktop you will see the “Office 2021” drive. Double click the drive to open it.
16. Double click the Microsoft Installer within the “Office 2021” drive.
17. Follow prompts to install Office.
18. Open any Microsoft Office program (Word, Excel, etc.).
19. Select “Sign in or create account.”
20. Sign in with your personal Microsoft account that you previously added your product key to.
21. Answer prompts.
22. You have now installed and activated Microsoft Office programs when you receive the “You are all set” screen.
