Click the Start icon in the lower-left corner of your desktop to open the Start menu.

Find the Office program you want to shortcut, and right-click on its name or icon.

This will open a new file explorer window, and locate the selected programs original EXE file.

This will show the available options you can use to send this file to another device or location.

This will create a shortcut to the selected program, and save it on your desktop.

Click the blue-and-white smiley face icon on the far-left of your Macs Dock at the bottom of your screen.

In this case, press Command N to open a new Finder window without closing the other one.

This will open your Macs Applications folder in your current Finder window.

The sidebar will show up on the left of your current window.

Find the Office app you want to use, and click on its name to select and highlight the program.

This button is on the menu bar in the upper-left corner of your screen.

This will create a shortcut to the selected program, and save it next to the original app in the Applications folder.

You can simply click and drag the app shortcut (alias), and move it from the Applications folder to your Macs desktop.

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