{"id":10714,"date":"2023-06-02T13:42:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T18:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/?p=10714"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:25:39","slug":"how-to-get-microsoft-office-365-through-acc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/how-to-get-microsoft-office-365-through-acc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get Microsoft Office 365"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10714\" class=\"elementor elementor-10714\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-997c413 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"997c413\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-841e188 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"841e188\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36a7556 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36a7556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For Austin Community College Students, Faculty, and Staff<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f75ed71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f75ed71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.3em;font-weight: bold;padding-bottom: 20\">Get Microsoft Office 365<\/h3><p>If you are a current student or employee of ACC, you can get free access to Microsoft Office 365 <em>(online\/web version)<\/em>.<\/p><h3 style=\"font-size: 1.3em;font-weight: bold;padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 20\">To sign into your Office 365 account, click on the button below:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aea79c elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2aea79c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/acchelp.austincc.edu\/TDClient\/277\/Portal\/KB\/ArticleDet?ID=20148\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get Office 365 account<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac1237a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac1237a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.3em;font-weight: bold;padding-bottom: 20\">If you need the desktop version of Office 365<\/h3>\n<span style=\"background-color: yellow;font-style: italic\">This option is only available for ACC employees who need it for their jobs, or for students who need it for a course.<\/span>\n\n<strong>AFTER setting up an Office 365 account, open a Help Desk ticket<\/strong> by clicking on either button below <em>(Student Affairs Help Desk or Faculty\/Staff Tech Support).<\/em>\n<ul>\n \t<li>In the ticket you will need to explain why the downloaded version is required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfa8a0a elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfa8a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.2em;font-weight: bold;padding-bottom: 20\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">If you are having technical issues, go here:<\/span><\/h3>\n<em>(Includes resetting passwords and sign-up difficulties)<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f3ec55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f3ec55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb2bd19 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget 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