Software download Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2021

Office 2021 includes many of the features previously published via office 365, along with improved inking features, new animation features in powerpoint including the morph and zoom features, and new formulae and charts in excel for data analysis.

Is this software right for me?

This software can be used by staff on university or personal computers, whether that is a laptop or desktop, both on and off campus.

What does this software do?

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2021 is an Office package which includes Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word, and Skype for Business.

How do I get it?

Staff

Available for download via Pegasus.

Student

Students are unable to download this version of the software, but they can download Microsoft Office 365 Professional Plus through their email account. For more information, see the Office 365 ProPlus webpage.

A student version of other Office packages are available from Microsoft. Please visit Microsoft Education for discounted student rates.

Computer labs

Microsoft Office is also available on the virtual desktop.

FAQs

When downloading this software, an automated email will be sent to your university email account. Please read this email as it contains information and instructions.

If you have any problems downloading or installing this software, please contact help@strath.ac.uk

A huge variety of information is available, including overviews and FAQs on the Microsoft homepages.

If you want older versions of this software, please refer to the Available Licensed Software page on Pegasus.

Staff

Free to download to University owned or personal PC/Laptop.

Student

Microsoft Office is available on the virtual desktop.

Minimum system requirements

  • Computer and processor: 1 gigahertz or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2 instruction set
  • Memory (RAM): 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32 bit); 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM (64 bit)
  • Hard disk: 3.0 gigabytes (GB) available
  • Display: Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX10 graphics card and 1024 x 576 resolution
  • Operating system: Windows 10

Type: Site License
End date: Renewed Annually
Personal licence: Not applicable

Licence details

View Microsoft Office Professional Plus license terms.

Usage

Software can be installed on any machine owned or leased by the University.

This includes staff machines, open access machines, and machines in departmental labs.