If you are using a copy of Microsoft Office 365 for Word, Excel, or one of ithe other Office suite programs you will need to sign in to activate it. All users at the college are granted up to 5 sign-ins on separate devices (Windows-based computers that are in offices or classrooms should not count against that total, although this is not an available option for Macs).
You will need to sign into MS Office for it to work properly - all of it is handled by your @newpaltz.edu email address. Please see the following steps as an example.
On a PC
If you are not prompted to and you are seeing a message for unlicensed product and you are not prompted to sign in look for the sign in option in the upper right hand corner of the office product you are in
On a Mac:
Step 1: click on Get Started
Step 2: Sign In
Step 3: Enter your email in the format example@newpaltz.edu