Click to download the Microsoft Teams Quick Start Guide.

Microsoft365 account allows one to be able to install Microsoft Office products on at most 5 personal gadgets such as laptops, desktops and phones. To get this account, one has to:

1. Be Strathmore University Staff or Student
2. Have an active Strathmore Domain Account
3. If the account does not already exist, write to support@strathmore.edu with your strathmore.edu email address requesting for an account to be created.

NB: Do not share your account information with anyone as this possess security challenge for you and also allows other install the office product on their gadgets therefore reducing the number of activation you have.

For further assistance write to support@strathmore.edu.

Step 2: Launch an Office for Mac app and start the activation process

• Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock to display all of your apps.
  
  
  
  
• Click the Microsoft Word icon in the Launchpad.

• The What’s New window opens automatically when you launch Word. Click Get Started to start activating. If you need help activating Office, see Activate Office 2016 for Mac. If Office activation fails, see What to try if you can’t install or activate Office 2016 for Mac.
  
  

Microsoft Office offers a wide array of application necessary for our day to day operations. Tutorial links have been provided below to enable you learn and apply the knowledge on the applications so as to derive maximum benefits.

MS Word video training

MS Excel video training

MS PowerPoint video training

MS OneNote video training

MS SharePoint Online video training

Microsoft Teams video training

MS Access video training

MS OneDrive video training

MS Outlook video training

MS Office 365 basics – video training

Step 1: Confirm that you have a valid Microsoft365 email account e.g. username@o365.strathmore.edu or lastname@o365.strathmore.edu

• • If you do not have one, write an email to support@strathmore.edu providing your full details.
  • If you do have, proceed to step 2

Step 2: Open a web browser and in the URL, type portal.office.com and click ENTER. You will see the page as below:

Step 3: Click on “Can’t access your account link?”

Step 4: On the page that appears (See below), enter your office365 email address into the User ID space and enter the characters appearing in the picture in the next text box then click next.

Step 5: The verification page appears once you click next on the above page. On the verification page shown below, check to see that an alternate email address is visible in the page and click email to receive the verification code.

Step 6: Check your Strathmore email to get the verification code from the Microsoft and enter it in the window that appears as below and click next:

Step 7: In the box labeled Enter new password, type the new password that you have chosen

NB: Remember that your new password must be at least 8 characters long, and contain at least 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number and a special character.

Step 8: In the box labeled Confirm new password, retype your new password

Step 9: Click Finish

You may now sign in using your newly created password.

Applies To: Word 2016 and Word 2013

With Word 2013 and 2016, you can convert a PDF into a Word document that you can edit. To convert a PDF into an editable Word document, you open it like you would any other document.

1. Click File > Open.
2. Choose the location of the PDF and click Browse.
3. Find the PDF and click Open.

The converted document might not have a perfect page-to-page correspondence with the original. For example, lines and pages may break at different locations.