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Office for Mac – No Software Assurance (Computer Labs Only)

Office for Mac is a suite of Microsoft Office products for Mac computers. Office for Mac is fully compatible with Office for Windows and backward compatible with previous versions of Office for both platforms.more

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Description

Features

Eligibility & Restrictions

Features

Description

This donation provides one license for installing the software on a single device. See a summary of Volume Licensing Product Use Rights for specific licensing details.

Applications in This Suite

The suite includes the following applications.

Excel is a spreadsheet application with data analysis and visualisation tools.
Outlook is a time and information manager that integrates email, calendar, contacts, and tasks.
PowerPoint is a presentation graphics program with capabilities for text effects, sound, and animation.
Word is a full-featured word processor.
OneNote is a note-taking application that allows various types of content to be shared among team members.

Benefits for Organisations

You can use Office for Mac to

Increase productivity by allowing Mac users to create, share, and edit documents with colleagues using Office for Windows or Mac without conversion or translation
Enable collaboration by using Outlook for emailing and scheduling in a mixed Windows and Mac organisation

No Software Assurance

This license does not include Software Assurance. Without Software Assurance, you will not have the right to install new releases of this product. You will not be able to add Software Assurance to this type of license.

Computer Labs Only

This product is available only to organisations that operate a computer lab. It can be used only on computers that are available to an organisation’s beneficiaries or the general public. It can’t be used on computers that are assigned to staff members or volunteers.

Obtaining This Product

To install this product, you’ll need to access the Microsoft 365 admin center. When your request has been approved, Charity Digital Exchange will send a message to your organisation email address with further instructions.

If you need help obtaining this product, find out how to download it.

Features

Compatibility with Office for Windows: Each of the included applications has essentially the same capabilities as its Windows equivalent.
Ribbon: The Office for Mac ribbon enhances usability by bringing together the most popular formatting and creation tools in a single, unified design.
Web and mobile access: With Office Online and free apps for mobile devices, users at separate locations can co-author or edit the same file at the same time. They can use any web browser or mobile device running iOS, Android, or Windows.
Cloud storage: Office applications integrate with OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint, so you can access your files across devices.

See a complete list of Office for Mac features.

Eligibility & Restrictions

Which Version of This Software Is Available?

You can find out which version of this software is available on the Current Versions of Microsoft Products page. In addition, you can download the software in any language that’s available.

Requirements

See Office system requirements.
Microsoft installation technologies:
- Office applications that are version 2019 or later must be installed using Microsoft Click-to-Run technology instead of the traditional Windows Installer (MSI) technology. Click-to-Run technology is the same technology that is used to install the Office applications that are included with Office 365 subscriptions.
- You can’t install multiple Office products on a computer if the products are the same version but use different installation technologies. In some cases, you also can’t install two different versions of Click-to-Run applications on the same computer. For more information, see Microsoft Office support.

Restrictions

Quantity: Organizations receive an allotment of Microsoft software donations that is reset every two years. An organisation’s two-year cycle begins with its first donation request after April 5, 2022. After two years, a new cycle begins, and a new allotment is available.
During its two-year cycle, an eligible organization can request:

Up to 50 of each donated desktop product or CAL
Up to 25 donated Windows Server Standard

For further details, see Quantity and Frequency of Microsoft Requests on the Microsoft Eligibility, Allotments, and Returns page.

Budget: Organizations with annual operating budgets of any size are eligible for products in this programme.
Nonprofits only:
- Donated products are available to nonprofits only.
- Microsoft reserves the right to grant or deny an organization’s request at any time, for any reason.
Additional eligibility requirements: For a list of eligible organization types and all other eligibility requirements, see the Microsoft Nonprofits eligibility page.
FAQ: For more information about Microsoft’s resources for nonprofits, see the Microsoft Nonprofit FAQ.