Office 365 for Students
All PTS students have access
to both the online and local versions of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, OneNote) while they are registered members of the PTS community.
This license includes a downloadable version of the Microsoft Office suite for
both Windows and macOS.
This Microsoft Office license
is only active while you are enrolled as a student. As you graduate or leave
the seminary you will lose access to these applications. It is important to
maintain copies of all important files on your computer or other sources like
an external hard drive, flash drive, or cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox,
iCloud drive, etc.)
Accessing Office 365 Online
To access the online version
of the Microsoft Office suite, including the web versions of Outlook, Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint.
· Open a web browser and visit https://portal.office.com
· Locate and select the sign-in option.
· Enter your PTS email address and click next
· If presented with the option of selecting Work or School or
Personal, please select Work or School. This will take you to the PTS sign-in
page
· Enter your PTS email and password and click sign in
Once signed in you can select
the apps that you would like to use on the left-hand tab.
It is important to know that
the seminary does use a Multifactor Authentication system for sign-in. If you
are signing into your account for the first time then you will need to set up
the notifications to either a cell phone number or the Microsoft authenticator.
Instructions and steps will appear to walk you through that step.
Accessing and Installing the
local version of Office 365
To download your copy of
Microsoft Office to your computer:
· using the above steps, sign in to https://portal.office.com
· Located the Install Office button on the upper right-hand
section of the portal
·
· Select the option for Office 365 apps
· An installation package will download to your computer
· Once complete, run that installation package on your computer
and provide your computer username and password if required.
· Once the installation is complete, the full versions of the
Microsoft Office applications will be available for your use.