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Office 365

How to use the tools available through your student email and Office 365, and earn badges in Office Technology

About Office 365

Office 365 is a collection of Microsoft Office applications and productivity services that are enabled over the Internet (cloud-based computing). Use 365 to access your email, calendar, the Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), as well as your cloud-based storage (OneDrive).

The Office 365 service provided with your Central Penn email account allows for the installation of the Office products on up to 5 different devices. 

Logging into Office 365

To log into Office 365 go to https://my.centralpenn.edu. Use the login for your Single Sign On (SSO) account.

Click the Office 365 - Student Email icon.

mycentralpenn student view

To access the other Office applications (such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), you have 2 options.

Option 1: Click on the Tile icon to the top left of the page. 

 

Then you will see the other applications as a menu as shown below.

 

Option 2: Click on the words "Office 365."

 

This will take you to your Office 365 home page (see below).

 

To learn how to adjust your settings, including your start page see settings.

If you need assistance with Office please contact our Microsoft help line at 1-866-279-2172

Or contact the Central Penn Help Desk

Email: help@centralpenn.edu

Phone 1-866-291-4357 and select option #2