Introducing Office 365 for Students / Employees

Leon County Schools is proud to announce the new Microsoft Office Pro Plus Program to students, parents and employees (*Note: Charter school students do not fall under this license). This program provides free access to Office 365 Pro Plus for students enrolled in school districts and employees of school districts that purchase enterprise-level licenses. Leon County Schools meets this requirement!

Any student who is currently enrolled in the Leon County School District or active employee is eligible and may use Office 365, or download and install Office 2013 0r 2016 Pro applications on up to 5 devices (PC, MAC). For mobile devices, please visit the Mobile QR Downloads section to the left. (note: Office 2013/2016 can NOT be downloaded to Android or iOS devices). Employees of LCS schools may also do the same using their network credentials

Log into Office 365 - http://outlook.com/leonschools.net

Office 365 Support Site - https://www.leonschools.net/Page/877

Who is Eligible for the Microsoft Student Advantage?

Any student who is currently enrolled in the Leon County School District or active employee is eligible and may use Office 365, or download and install Office 2010 0r 2013 Pro applications on up to 5 devices (PC, MAC). For mobile devices, please visit the Mobile QR Downloads section to the left. (note: Office 2010/2013 can NOT be downloaded to Android or iOS devices).

The Leon County School District has created accounts for all students currently enrolled. Employees use their network credentials. (*Note: Charter school students do not fall under this license)

For help with retrieving your child's "student login", please contact your schools technology coordinator.

How do Students/Employees download Microsoft Office for use on your home computer?

» Office 2013/2016 download guide

1. Using the Internet Explorer web browser, go to the following website: https://outlook.com/leonschools.net
2. Student's email will be structured as StudentID@edu.leonschools.net and will be entered where it says someone@example.com.
3. Enter the student's email and password that was provided by your child's school.
4. Click on "OFFICE 365" on the top right to make sure it is highlighted in blue.
5. Check to ensure that you have available installations by looking at the computer name, operating system and installation dates. Remember: Each student only can install the software on 5 devices.
6. Click on the drop-down menu and select the appropriate language.
7. Click INSTALL. (If your computer doesn’t meet the system requirements for the latest version of Office or your language isn’t supported yet, you can install the previous version of Office 2010 )
8. Once installation begins, the installation program will scan your computer for any previous versions of Microsoft Office.
9. If you have Microsoft Office 2013 installed already, you will have to remove it from your system before continuing the installation.
   • If you have to remove Office, you must complete these steps:
   • Once prompted, select the Fix It Button at the top of the screen to uninstall the program (Office 2013/Office 2010).
     • Note: If you have an older installed version of Office (2000/XP) you may need to do a manual uninstall yourself first
   • Click Run.
   • Once complete you must reboot your computer and log in again and repeat steps 1-5.
10. If you do not have to remove Office, your installation of Office 2013 ProPlus will begin.
11. Once the application is loaded, a progress box will appear as the software downloads the final settings. Please note that the speed of your connection will determine the speed of this part of the installation.
12. Once all loading is complete, follow the steps (wizard or online prompts) to personalize your Office 2013 ProPlus and begin using your software.

For assistance please email our Help Desk at helpdesk@leonschools.net  or call 850.487.7524 during normal school hours.

» Login to Office 365 Online

Access Office 365 for your device

In order to make it easy to access the specific version of the Office 365 software for your mobile device, we have made those links available below in a QR code that will direct you to the specific store for your device (Play, iTunes, Office). You will have to enter your Office 365 credentials in order to access the downloads and install them on your device

You cannot download the desktop version of the software to a mobile device. Please use the appropriate QR code to download the correct version based on the device you are using. Please remember there is a difference between the PC/Mac desktop versions of Office and the software for mobile devices such as iPhone and Android, and iPad

NOTE: If you do not have a QR reader on your device you can use this free QR reader: https://scan.me/download

Or you can use the links directly:

» Access Office 365 for your device

• Office for Windows - http://aka.ms/downloadoffice32
• Office for Mac - http://aka.ms/downloadofficemac
• Office for iPhone - http://aka.ms/officeiphone
• Word for iPad - http://aka.ms/wordipad
• Powerpoint for iPad - http://aka.ms/pptipad
• Excel for iPad - http://aka.ms/excelipad
• Office for Android Phone - http://aka.ms/officeandroid

Retiring or Graduating? Office Options for Students / Employees

If you are separating from LCS employment or graduating, there are a few alternatives for office suites.

Students -

Students going on to attend college will likely get access to O365 from their campus in some way from them, so it may be fine, but you should check to see first if that is something the school will be offering to be sure.

If they do not, then users can either

• Option  # 1 - Sign up for Office 365 Education for Free - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/office
• Option  # 2 - Use a Student ID to go to and get a Home/Student edition of the office with a perpetual license.
• Best Buy or Office depot - https://www.bestbuy.com/site/office-home-student-2021-1-device-mac-os-windows-digital/6474446.p?skuId=6474446
• Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09H7GPR1G?tag=amz-mkt-chr-us-20&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-org00-win10-other-smile-us000-pcomp-feature-pcomp-feature-pcomp-wm-8&ref=aa_pcomp
• Option  # 3 - Download Open Office and use that instead - https://www.openoffice.org/

Employees -

If you are retiring, we are no longer able to offer the Perpetual License for the Office Suite (ex: Office 2016/2019) as a purchase option as it was previously made available through Microsoft under their "Work at Home" program which was been sunset as of 2019.  As such, the perpetual license version of the Office Professional Plus and Office Home and Business are no longer available as part of the Workplace Discount Program offers.

• Option  # 1 - You are eligible to purchase a (30%) discounted subscription for Office365 which allows you to download a local copy of the software to the local machine, but it is not a perpetual license, but an annually renewable subscription.
  • You can verify your eligibility here - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/workplace-discount-program
  • Normally, Office365 runs $100/yr, but you can get it for $70/yr (30% discount) through the new Work Discount program.
• Option # 2 - Use a Teacher/Employee ID to go to and get a Home/Student edition of the office with a perpetual license.
  • Best Buy or Office depot - https://www.bestbuy.com/site/office-home-student-2021-1-device-mac-os-windows-digital/6474446.p?skuId=6474446
  • Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09H7GPR1G?tag=amz-mkt-chr-us-20&ascsubtag=1ba00-01000-org00-win10-other-smile-us000-pcomp-feature-pcomp-feature-pcomp-wm-8&ref=aa_pcomp
• Option # 3 - Download Open Office and use that instead - https://www.openoffice.org/

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