How To Get Microsoft Office Totally Free Forever

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How to get Office for Free If you have been wondering what is the best way to get Microsoft Office for free or about cost free ways to get individual packages within Microsoft Office such as Excel, Word, Outlook or PowerPoint, then here we will show you how.

There are actually several ways to use Microsoft Office for free such as getting a month's free trial with Microsoft 365 or if you are eligible for cost-free student and education licenses. What both these methods have in common is that they are not forever solutions. With the Microsoft 365 free trial you get to use the software for gratis for the first month, but if you forget to cancel your credit card details then you will be charged after that month. Or, if you opt for one of the free educational or student Office licenses then you need to remember that you are not going to be in education forever.

Don't Worry about this!

There is one way to get Microsoft Office for free forever.

The Best Way to get Microsoft Office Totally Free Forever (and Legally)

Microsoft now give away their lightweight Office 365 alternative (known as Office Online or as Office for the Web) for absolutely nothing. What's best, you don't just get the full and unlimited versions of the traditional Office packages which have been around for years, you also get for free a bunch of Office 365 Apps such as OneNote, OneDrive, Sway and Forms. You even get access to a decent chunk of the royalty free stock images which are available with a Microsoft 365 subscription.

Follow these simple steps to get Microsoft Office totally free:

Step One: Sign Up

Go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web and click 'Sign up for free'.

Step Two: Register

Create your Office for the Web account and complete the registration process.

Step Three: Sign In

Step Four: Explore

Click on the top-left corner icon (App Launcher).

And then go to 'All Apps' (at the bottom of the list) to have a look around and see all the Microsoft Applications that you just got totally for free.

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If you now want to learn how to use Microsoft Office packages, you can opt for one of our virtual classroom courses, such as the beginners Excel course below:

Microsoft Excel Beginners Training Course

Module 1: Introducing Microsoft Excel
1. What are Worksheets?
2. What are Workbooks?
3. What are columns and rows?
Module 2: Mouse Pointer Functions in Excel
1. The Different Mouse Cursor Symbols
2. Select Cell Cursor
3. Extend and fill Cells Cursor
4. Insertion Point Cursor
5. Drag Selection Cursor
6. Change Row and Column Dimensions Cursor
Module 3: Selecting Cells in Excel
1. Cut Cells
2. Copy Cells
3. Format Cells
4. Move Cells
Module 4: Navigating the Excel Screen
1. Introduction to Menus, Sheets and Views
2. Add, Insert, Rename and Move Worksheets
3. Scroll Bars, View Buttons and Magnification
4. Menus and Sub-Menus
5. Quick Access Toolbar
6. Customising the Toolbar
7. The Options Button and Global Settings
Module 5: Entering and Editing Excel Data
1. Text, Values and Dates
2. Formulas, Values and Operators
3. Active Cells
4. Content Spill
5. Adjust Column Width
6. Editing Cells
7. AutoFill
Module 6: Copying and Pasting Excel Data
1. Menu, Mouse or Keyboard Copy and Paste?
2. Drag Cells to Copy
Module 7: Save, Close and Open Excel Files
1. Save, Save As
2. Disk Drive, Network Drive, OneDrive
3. File Names and Renaming
4. Opening and Closing a File
5. Adjust Column Width
6. Editing Cells
7. AutoFill
Module 8: The File Tab
1. Open, Save, Print
2. Info, Recent and Options
Module 9: Create a New Excel Workbook
1. Create a New Workbook from Scratch
2. Excel Workbook Templates
Module 10: Formulas and Functions
1. What are Formulas and Functions?
2. Operators, Cell References and Constants
3. Cell Referencing
4. Operators and Operator Order
5. The SUM function and Values
Module 11: Absolute Referencing
1. What is Absolute Referencing?
2. Creating an Absolute Reference
3. Formula Auditing
Module 12: Formatting Excel Worksheets
1. Number Formatting
2. Fonts
3. Borders
4. Fill Colour
Module 13: Printing Excel Worksheets
1. Print Settings
2. Print Preview
3. Borders
4. Print Ranges and Print Selection
5. Create a Print Area
6. Print Titles
Module 14: Excel Charts
1. Create a Simple Chart
2. Default Charts
3. Chart Styles
4. Chart Tools Layout
5. Chart Title
6. Format Legend
Module 15: Sorting and Filtering Excel Data
1. Sort Options
2. Default Charts
3. The Sort Command
4. Add Levels
5. Filter a Database
6. The Filter Command

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