How to get/activate Microsoft Office for FREE

1. Go to portal.office.com.

2. Enter your Lakeland student or employee email address and click Next.
Image of Microsoft Sign in screen with blue Next button

3. Enter your myLakeland password and click Sign In.
Image of Enter password field and blue Sign in screen

4. Use any Office application directly from your web browser or choose to install it on up to 5 of your personal devices by clicking Install Office and then choose Install Microsoft 365 Apps.
Image of red rectangle around Install Office

After installing or if you already have an Office product installed, follow these steps to activate.

  1. Open Word (or any other MS product).
  2. Click on Sign In.
  3. Enter your myLakelandUserName@lakelandcc.edu then click Next.
    • (Note: If your username contains a number but your email address does not you still need to enter the number to activate Office.)
  4. Enter your myLakeland password. Then, click Sign In.
  5. Click Yes to use this account everywhere on your device.
  6. After a moment, you’ll be notified that the account was added successfully. Click Done.
  7. You will be notified the product has been activated. Click OK, then close and reopen Word.
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