Office 365 installation, general information and known issues.
This article describes how an employee can use CofC resources to install Microsoft Office on their home computer.
College of Charleston students are eligible for free access to Office 365. Follow these simple steps to sign up.
This article explains how to resolve an access denied error that can occur when attempting to open OneDrive in the Office 365 portal, when all other apps or accessible.
Office 365 requires a license. In order to use Office 365, it must first be activated. Activate it using your CofC employee email address.
This article describes how to add a Public Folder (usually a shared department calendar) to your Favorites for quick access.
This article provides information on how to adjust text size in an Outlook reply window.
Resolve issue with cached credentials expired or upload blocked message with Office 365.
Learn how to combine or merge Word documents.
This article provides information on how to convert an older formatted Word document into a newer formatted Word document. This can help if you need access to more features than the old file format will allow, or if you're having issues with Compatibility Mode causing performance issues.
This article explains how to enable macros in Word. This is useful if the client is opening Word files in BDMS.
Explains how to export a Word document from a PDF using Adobe Acrobat 2017.
This article walks someone through the steps to proofing, allowing changes to be made to allow new abbreviations, or acronyms. The instructions are for windows computers.
Microsoft Teams is an application to assist with collaboration and communication with colleagues and associates across campus or anywhere with internet access. This article explains how to access or host and record a Microsoft Teams meeting.
Prevent accidental edits in a spreadsheet. There are multiple ways you can protect a sheet, but you can also protect a group of cells within a spreadsheet.
Use the fill tool and the Auto fill options to complete a spreadsheet in a more timely manner. The auto fill options give you the opportunity to change the way the data is displayed.
OneNote is a digital notebook with sections and pages to help you stay organized. Use it to prepare agendas, keep meeting notes, and store important items like screenshots, pictures of whiteboard drawings or handwritten notes. OneNote is available across devices and platforms (Windows 10, Mac, iOS, and Android). Collaborate or share with others quickly and easily with Microsoft OneNote.
How to not print changes or markups from MIcrosoft Word on PC and Mac
Explains how to insert footnotes and endnotes into a Word document.
Explains how to insert page numbers into a Word document.
This article provides more information on how to install Office365 for a College-owned device.
How to Mail Merge an Excel Spreadsheet to Word
This article describes how to proceed when Microsoft Excel will not open. If you attempt to open Excel, either by double-clicking a file or clicking on the application itself, nothing happens.
Learn about MyAnalytics and how to enable/disable this Office 365 feature.
This article lists details on how to Repair Microsoft Office on Windows
This article will solve the problems Run-time error 53 problems when opening documents within Microsoft Office applications.
How to use Teams and Outlook to schedule a virtual meeting.
Signing out and back in again can resolve the issue
How to resolve Teams being blocked
The Insert key (sometimes displayed as Ins) toggles how text is inserted into a document.
Learn how to turn off the spell checker for your microsoft office products.
Explains how to insert subscripts and superscripts into Word documents.
Uninstall/Reinstall to get the newest version of Office. DOS is working on some changes that can be made in the registry which may allow end-users to manage their own updates, but at this time, reinstalling is the only way to update.
Doc editing isn't working because the user is not signed in.
This article explains how you can use a created PowerPoint presentation as a virtual background for your Zoom meeting. What it will do is layer your webcam image over the PowerPoint allowing the viewer to easily see your facial features and the presentation at the same time.
Details how to use Microsoft SharePoint Migration Assistant to migrate files from a network drive (such as \\wharfside, aka the U Drive) to OneDrive
How do I change the View of my Word document?
Instructions for how to create shortcuts to your files in Microsoft Teams to be accessed in Windows File Explorer
Visio requires the Visio Online P2 subscription license to be purchased before it can be installed.
Microsoft Teams is the fastest growing application that Microsoft has developed. Using the steps in this article you have the ability to change how individuals are shown virtually attending the meeting. It allows for a nine grid - gallery view, expands the grid for large gallery view to allow from 10 - 49 attendees, or together mode, to have the appearance of auditorium style seating. You are required to allow the changes, and restart Microsoft Teams before the start of the meeting.
This article describes how to keep your title and text on the same page.