{"id":230,"date":"2023-06-01T14:50:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T14:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2025\/09\/10\/how-to-download-microsoft-access\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:31:07","slug":"how-to-download-microsoft-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/2023\/06\/01\/how-to-download-microsoft-access\/","title":{"rendered":"How to download Microsoft Access"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"230\" class=\"elementor elementor-230\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3016535e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3016535e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1710b777 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1710b777\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1379d18 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1379d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For those who don't already have Access on their PC<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4437f33c elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4437f33c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are <strong>3\u00a0requirements<\/strong> to download a free version of Access:<\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 1.3em\"><li>You must have a <strong>Microsoft Office 365 account<\/strong>. If you don&#8217;t already have an account, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/how-to-get-microsoft-office-365-through-acc\/\">How to get Microsoft Office 365<\/a> to get a free account.<\/li><li>You must have a <strong>PC that uses Windows OS<\/strong><\/li><li>You must <strong>be able to download software<\/strong> on this PC<\/li><\/ul><p>Follow the step-by-step instructions below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-187b286a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"187b286a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9261ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c9261ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-access-blog-img-1024x781.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-231\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-access-blog-img-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-access-blog-img-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-access-blog-img-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-access-blog-img.jpg 1442w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daa251e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"daa251e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71dd5101 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"71dd5101\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7644182 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7644182\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-440a0bb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"440a0bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba62996 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba62996\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step-by-step instructions:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab63242 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ab63242\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">1.<\/span> Log in to your Microsoft Office 365 dashboard<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74c79a41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74c79a41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you don&#8217;t already have Microsoft Office 365 bookmarked, go to the link below to sign in.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.microsoftonline.com\">https:\/\/login.microsoftonline.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183938bb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"183938bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-424766e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"424766e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b-1024x699.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-226\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b-1536x1049.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step5b.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39d8736c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"39d8736c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40b97106 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40b97106\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eb94b0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5eb94b0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">2.<\/span> Install Office 365 on your computer<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a00315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59a00315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Microsoft Access is not available in the online version of Office 365. <strong>You&#8217;ll need to download Office 365 suite to your computer<\/strong>. Follow the steps below:<\/p><ol><li>From the Office 365 dashboard click on the &#8220;Install apps&#8221; button in the upper right corner.<\/li><li>Choose &#8220;Microsoft 365 apps&#8221; from the dropdown menu.<\/li><li>A popup will appear. Follow the prompts to install Microsoft Office 365 on your computer.<\/li><\/ol><p><em>Note: You will need a stable internet connection when downloading \u2013 the downloading process can take 5 to 20 minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection and your computer.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f967e94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f967e94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e30696c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e30696c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step6c-1024x700.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-227\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step6c-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step6c-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step6c-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-ms365-step6c.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d078df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68d078df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-558f7725 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"558f7725\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7fdcd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7fdcd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-size: 1.5em;font-weight: bold;color: #fa4616\">3.<\/span>\u00a0Open Access on your computer<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ab1d94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26ab1d94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Navigate to your Window&#8217;s Start Menu where you will see Microsoft Access.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33fcd114 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33fcd114\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d967790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d967790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-access-step3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-232\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-access-step3.jpg 331w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/digital-fluency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/09\/dfi-access-step3-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Access is available for free to all ACC Students, Faculty, and Staff. You&#8217;ll need a PC with Windows OS and the ability to install software on it. 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