In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to get Microsoft 365 on your laptop or desktop PC for free. We look at how to use Microsoft365.com and the Microsoft 365 app that comes pre-installed with Windows to access all the features of Microsoft 365 without paying a dime. You will be able to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote on the web, and more for free on your PC, tablet, or phone. You will also learn how to get the Microsoft 365 desktop apps for free if you are an eligible student or teacher. To use Microsoft 365 on the web, you need an internet connection.
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0 -> Hi, it's Elizabeth. Today I'm going to show you
three ways to get Microsoft 365, formerly known
8.46 -> as Microsoft Office, entirely for free with no
subscription required. It includes popular apps
16.92 -> like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Best of all,
it's completely free and it's entirely legal.
25.56 -> The only thing required is an internet connection.
Let's take a look. You'll want to get started by
32.04 -> going to Microsoft365.com and on here you'll
see a few options. The first is the sign-in
40.08 -> button. If you have an existing Microsoft account,
this could include Office products, Xbox, Skype,
48.42 -> etc., you can go ahead and sign in here and you'll
be prompted for your password. If you don't have
54.96 -> an existing Microsoft account, I'll go ahead
and show you how to sign up for one for free.
60.24 -> You'll see next here to the sign-in button is Get
Microsoft 365. This is the options for if you want
68.1 -> to pay for a yearly or monthly subscription,
but today we're only focusing on the free.
76.26 -> If you have not yet created a Microsoft account,
go ahead and click sign up for the free version of
82.98 -> Microsoft 365. Here you'll be prompted to create
your account. Go ahead and enter the email address
90.96 -> that you want to be associated with your Microsoft
365 free account. Once you are logged in,
97.32 -> you will see many familiar favorites, including
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and a bunch of other
103.74 -> Microsoft products. You can access your documents
online from anywhere you have internet access,
109.74 -> even when using a shared computer. Let's
take a look at an example using Word.
116.16 -> Since you do need an internet connection to use
Microsoft 365 for free, you may find that you will
122.7 -> be saving documents to your computer, uploading
them when you have an internet connection,
127.26 -> working on them, and then downloading them again
to your computer. I am going to upload a document
134.4 -> from my computer and show you how we can edit it
in Word online and then save again to my computer.
141.84 -> Once you have found your document, go ahead
and click and open it. Your document should
147.96 -> then begin to upload automatically. You may
notice that sometimes the formatting does not
155.16 -> transfer 100%, so you may have to do some brief
adjustments when first uploading a document.
162.78 -> But once you save it, it should transfer back and
forth seamlessly. I've begun doing some market
168.84 -> research on Kevin's Cookie Company. You can go
ahead and make edits to your document online now.
175.38 -> It has similar editing functionalities as you
might be used to in the offline version of Word.
181.86 -> Let's say I want to go ahead and insert a
table. Any edits that I make to my document
186.96 -> are automatically saved online. You can then go
back and edit this document from any computer
193.68 -> as long as you have internet access and log in to
your Microsoft 365 account. You can also go up to
201.6 -> the File button and download a copy to be saved
onto your computer. Once you have the document
208.38 -> saved to your computer, it functions just as any
Word document should, meaning you can email it
215.4 -> to somebody else, post it elsewhere online. The
only thing you won't be able to do is edit it
221.94 -> unless you have an internet connection and go on
to your Microsoft 365 account. Once the document
230.58 -> has been saved to your online account, you can
access it at any time. Here on the home screen,
236.22 -> you see that there's a quick access section
which has recently opened documents. You can
242.16 -> come back and work on this at any time. Similar
functionalities exist for Excel, PowerPoint,
248.46 -> and any of the other Microsoft software programs.
Another clever way to get Microsoft 365 for free,
257.16 -> go ahead and on your keyboard select control, alt,
shift, and the windows key button. You'll see that
266.7 -> it looks almost identical to when we accessed it
from Microsoft365.com. We can also see that under
274.8 -> quick access is the market research plan that I
worked on previously. Let's go ahead and take a
281.76 -> look at creating a new document. Over here on the
left-hand side, I'm going to click on PowerPoint.
288.12 -> Here you can go ahead and start with a blank
presentation or take a look at some of the
293.16 -> templates. You'll see that some of the templates
do have a diamond on the top right-hand side,
298.98 -> which indicates that they are only available
if you purchase a Microsoft 365 subscription.
307.14 -> If you want to go ahead and create a blank
presentation for PowerPoint, go ahead and
311.64 -> double click. It will open for you automatically
and again you will be able to use most of the
319.38 -> same functionalities in the free version as
you would in the paid subscription version.
327.48 -> Once you've made your edits, you'll go ahead
and save this just as we did previously.
336.42 -> You'll save a copy online and you can also
download a copy directly to your computer. A
342.54 -> third option to getting Microsoft 365 for free is
specific to educators and students. Students and
350.7 -> educators at eligible institutions can sign up for
Office 365 Education for free which includes Word,
358.44 -> Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft
Teams plus additional classroom tools. You can
366.6 -> see if you are eligible by typing in your school
email address. The link to this page is below in
372.96 -> our video's description. That's three ways to get
Microsoft 365 for free with no subscription. If
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