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Microsoft Student Advantage

Microsoft have launched Student Advantage to provide eligible pupils with a free subscription of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus. This allows pupils to install Microsoft Office ProPlus on up to 5 computers simultaneously. This facility is available to all pupils in Dundee schools exclusively through their Dundee Microsoft Office365 account. Use of this account is covered by the Acceptable Use Policy. Use is not compulsory and the facility is provided as-is. Full details are available using the link below: You will be licensed while you are a pupil in a Dundee school and Dundee maintains an Office365 environment. The license is linked to your live.ea.dundeecity.sch.uk email account.

 

How can I get Office 365 ProPlus on Windows and Apple Mac?

Note: for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad and Android, see the download info in the table, below:

 

Office Mobile for iPhone/iPod Touch

iPad users can download the iPhone version

Download the Office Mobile for Office 365
application from the App Store.

What you get:

  • Word Mobile
  • Excel Mobile
  • PowerPoint Mobile
  • OneNote and Lync Mobile
    (available as separate download)

More options from Microsoft

Here are some help guides on Office Mobile for iPhone/iPod Touch:

FAQs, share documents, connect to Skydrive or SharePoint, features of Word, Excel and Powerpoint, and more.

Signing in, Navigating, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Settings, FAQs
  • iPhone 4
  • iPhone 5
  • iPhone 5s
  • iPod Touch 5th generation
  • iPad users can download the iPhone version, however the resolution would be as detailed as applications developed for iPhone.
    All devices above must be running iOS 6.1 minimum (see versions)

 

Office Mobile for Android Phones*

Download the Office Mobile for Office 365
app from the Play Store.

What you get:

  • Word Mobile
  • Excel Mobile
  • PowerPoint Mobile
  • OneNote and Lync Mobile
    (available as separate download)

More options from Microsoft

Here are some help guides on Office Mobile for Android:

FAQs, share documents, features of Word, Excel and Powerpoint, and more.

Signing in, Navigating, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Settings, FAQs

 
  • Android phones running OS 4.0 or greater (see versions)
    (* not compatible with some Android
    devices that are not a phone)
  • Android touch enabled smartphones only

 

For Windows and Mac OSX follow through the rest of this guide:

 

  • Click the cog in the top right corner
  • Then select Office 365 Settings
  • Next choose Software
  • Make sure Office is selected in the left menu
  • Mac users can go ahead and click Install.
  • If you are running Windows, and happy to install the default *32-bit version, then go ahead and click Install.

 

 

 

Summary

Access to Microsoft Office365 ProPlus is being provided to all Dundee school pupils for free.

It can be installed on up to five computers at any one time.

It is provided as-is.

Use of your Microsoft Office 365 account is covered by the Acceptable Use Policy.

You should obtain parental or carer consent before installing on home equipment.

Installation requires administrator-level privileges on the target computer.

NB: Your Office365 account is distinct from, and in no way related to, your Glow account.