Bowdoin College uses Office 365 for their email services.

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Microsoft Scheduling Poll

Microsoft Scheduling Poll replaces Microsoft FindTime. This tool allows Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students to arrange meetings during a date/time when all participants are available. Polls can also be used to send to participants external to the Bowdoin Community.

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Creating a mail merge in macOS

Information on how to perform an email merge with Microsoft Word and Outlook for macOS.

Export contacts from Outlook on the web

You can export your contacts from Outlook on the web and then import them into other email apps such as Gmail or other versions of Outlook.

Exporting Bowdoin Email from Outlook for Mac OS

Information on how to export Bowdoin email from Outlook on macOS

How to Edit Category Colors for MS Outlook Email and Calendar

Change category colors to improve visual presentation with only a few clicks. Applies to Windows desktop, Mac desktop, and Office365 web versions of Outlook.

How to set up Apple Mail for use with a Bowdoin email account

Apple's Mail app, as well as Calendar and Contacts, can be configured to use a Bowdoin email account

How to turn the Focused Inbox off or on

Information on how to turn the Focused Inbox feature of Outlook off or on.

Office 365 Online Email Acrhive

The Online Archive is a new feature that is designed to streamline your email mailbox by reducing clutter and moving older messages out of the way. Learn more about the Online Archive in this article.

Open a shared mailbox in Outlook for Windows, macOS and Outlook Online

Information on how to access and open a shared mailbox in Outlook.

Sharing an Outlook Folder (Mail, Sub-Calendar, Contacts) with another person

Information on how to share and access shared email folders in Outlook.

Stop emails going to the Other tab in Outlook

This article explains how to manage Outlook’s Focused Inbox across Microsoft 365 apps: either turn it off to remove the Other tab or keep it and train messages to always go to Focused (or Other), with platform-specific steps. It also covers checking Junk vs Other, marking Not Junk, reviewing rules that might move messages, and notes limitations with shared mailboxes and rule-moved mail.

What is the Focused Inbox

Information on what the Focused inbox is within Outlook