The Office Portal

Owned by Kimberly Lyons
Last updated: May 02, 2023
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This article will cover how to access your Office365 apps and documents from the online portal.

Accessing the Portal

  1. In any web browser (we recommend Microsoft Edge), go to portal.office.com.

  2. Log in with your OTC email address.

  3. You are now logged into the Microsoft Office Portal!

The Homepage

Once you are logged into the portal, you will arrive on the homepage. This page lists all of your recent work and documents you have interacted with.

On the left-hand side, you will see a list of Office apps. Click the Office application icon that meets your needs on the left side of the screen.

  • Outlook: office email and appointment scheduling

  • Teams: direct messaging, meetings, and collaboration

  • Word: document creation

  • Excel: spreadsheets and calculations

  • PowerPoint: presentations

  • OneDrive: file storage and collaboration

If you don't see what you're looking for there, click the All Apps icon on the bottom left.

Clicking on any of these will take you to that app’s online portal, allowing you to see specific documents from that app. For example, clicking on Excel will take you to the Excel portal, which will show all of your Excel spreadsheets.

You can click on Home at any time to return to the homepage.

Switching between Apps

  1. In any Office 365 application, click on the Waffle icon on the top left corner of the screen:

     

  2. Click the Office Application link that you wish to switch to:

Accessing Shared Documents

On the homepage or any app’s page (Word, Excel, etc.) you can click on the Shared button to see all the documents you have shared, and the documents others have shared with you.

 

To learn more about sharing files and documents, please review this article.

 

If you need further assistance, contact the IT Help Desk.