Microsoft Office Products for students

SOFTWARE 10-015

What you need to know

The information on this Helpcard is intended for students only and does NOT apply to professors or any other employees of Furtwangen University.

All students can use Microsoft Office products Word, Excel and PowerPoint free of charge via their HFU account. However, with this account, students do not have access to Teams and OneDrive – these are not offered at HFU.

The following instructions describe the installation of the Office products with registration via the HFU account login.

What you have to do

  1. Open the following address: www.microsoft365.com.

    • The Microsoft Office website is displayed.

    • If you are already logged in with your HFU account, please proceed to Step 4.

    • 1.1

  2. Click the “Log in” button at the top right of the menu.

    • You will be redirected to the HFU Account login or directly to the Microsoft 365 homepage.

    • 2.1
    • 2.2

  3. Optional: If you are not already logged in with your HFU account, you must first log in with your HFU account data at this point.

    • Example: abc12345@stud.hs-furtwangen.de + personal password

    • You will land on the Microsoft 365 homepage.

    • 3.1
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      Microsoft 365 homepage

      After logging in, you will land on the Microsoft 365 welcome page.

  4. In the three-dot menu, click the “Weitere Apps" (More Apps) option.

    • The “Apps” page will appear.

    • 4.1
    • 4.2

  5. Click on the “Apps installieren” (Install apps) button on the right-hand side to open the drop-down menu and select the “Microsoft 365 Apps” option.

    • You will be taken to the “Apps and devices” overview page, where all available programs are listed.

    • 5.1
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      "Install apps" drop-down menu

      View of the expanded “Install apps” drop-down menu

  6. Click on the “Install Office” button under “Office apps and devices” to carry out the installation.

    • The Download of Office is started.

    • 6.1
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      Apps and devices

      The installation of Office can be started under “Office apps and devices”.

    • 6.3

  7. Finally, click “Open File” in your download window, or open your downloads folder and run “OfficeSetup.exe” from there.

    • The installation of Microsoft Office is starting.

  8. If you wish to use Outlook, please note that the software package currently offers a different version (Outlook New) than the one used at the university (Outlook Classic).
    For more information, please refer to the Helpcard “Internal link opens in the same window:Accessing the mailbox via the email client (Windows)” (MAILBOX 20-025).

Problems or questions?