Office 365 for PC/Mac: How to get Microsoft Office using Pipeline

Current students have access to Microsoft Office 365 for free. As long as you are enrolled at Harding University, you will have an active subscription for this tool. It comes with applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more. Follow along below as we detail how to get Microsoft Office on your desktop or laptop.

To begin, go to pipeline and click the 'Login' button.

At the next screen, enter you Harding username and password to log in to pipeline.

Once logged in, you'll be redirected to the pipeline screen. Scroll down the blue 'Student' tab. If it isn't dropped down, you will need to click on it.

After the 'Student' tab has been dropped down, scroll down to the option 'Microsoft Office for Students'. The contents of the 'Student' tab are listed alphabetically from left to right, so it will likely be near the middle of the contents of the tab. Mine is on the sixth row down, rightmost column.

The block will then change to show the contents of the 'Microsoft Office for Students' section. This will contain information on your access to use Microsoft Office, such as how many devices can be used per account and how long your access lasts. There should be a link title 'Microsoft Office 365', click that link.

You will then be redirected to login.microsoftonline.com, where you will be asked to enter credentials for your account. Enter your Harding email address (username@harding.edu) follow by your pipeline password and click 'Sign in'. You may encounter some a red message while entering your credentials that says 'This doesn't look like a valid user ID'. Disregard this message initially and go ahead with logging in. If you encounter any problems, contact DormNet for more assistance.

After this, you may be redirected to a screen that has your name and email with 'Signed in' underneath. Click on the blue box that contains this information.

Now you're in! You should be seeing a screen that has an automated greeting with your name and a list of applications. These are all the applications you will have access to while enrolled at Harding. The website will also auto-detect what type of device you are using and give you the appropriate installer for that device. Click on the blue button titled 'Install Office 2016' to begin downloading the applications to your computer.

Once you click this, the page will begin to download an installer and you will be shown an instructions page on the browser. I am using Google Chrome to download the installer, which will appear on the bottom bar of the browser while it is downloading and stay there once it is finished. Find where the installer is for your browser and click on it to continue.

After you click the installer, the program will begin installing. This can be a long process, so find somewhere to place your computer down and follow the prompts that are given by the installer. Once the installation is complete, you have Microsoft Office! The installation will ask you if you have a subscription or a product key to activate the installation. Choose the 'Use Existing Subscription' option and enter in your Harding email and password as we did above. This should activate your installation so that you can edit files as you please. You should then be able to access the application through your start menu/applications folder and drag them to your desktop as you please.

If you need any assistance, do not hesitate to contact DormNet at (501)279-4545 or come to the desk located in the Administration building, second floor, room 205.