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This article explains how to open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files stored in Microsoft Teams using the installed desktop apps instead of Teams or a browser. It covers setting the desktop app as the default, opening a single file in the desktop app, and what to check when a file opens as read-only or when Office is not signed in with a Bowdoin account.

This article explains why a Bowdoin-managed Mac may feel slow, hot, or unresponsive when it receives a backlog of updates from Jamf Pro, macOS, or Microsoft Office, especially after sitting powered off for a long time. It also explains how to tell the difference between a Mac that is working through updates and one that is actually frozen.

Explains how to fix Microsoft 365 (Office) apps such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote that will not open on a Bowdoin-issued Mac, often after an update. The fix is to reinstall Microsoft Office 365 from Self Service, which does not delete any of your data.

Explains how Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students install the Microsoft 365 (Office) apps — including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint — on a Bowdoin-issued device using Self Service or Company Portal, or on a personal Mac or Windows computer from the Microsoft 365 portal.

Step-by-step instructions for signing in to Microsoft Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and others) on a Bowdoin-issued iPad. Signing in once with your Bowdoin credentials authorizes all Office apps on the device.