Problems installing Microsoft Office for iMac

I am trying to install the (free) trial version of MS Office Suite for my iMac. Even though I've closed all other programs, I get a warning window saying that the install can't be completed because Safari is open, which it isn't. The installer prohibits me from being able to logoff or shutdown through the Apple menu, I have to do a hard restart.  I dragged the download into the trash folder and re-downloaded it and I got the same problem when I tried to install.
A little help?

You don't use your Apple ID or its password to install anything on your Mac. You use the admin account's name and password.
Use the name and password you last entered when resetting them. The "name" you use is not the short name of the admin account folder.
For example. If you create an admin account of John Smith, the short name given to that account's folder will be johnsmith. So when an app requests an admin name and password to install something, the admin name you enter is John Smith, not johnsmith.

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