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The Context Gordon-Conwell email accounts are hosted on the Microsoft platform, and student, faculty, and staff accounts include a free subscription to Microsoft Office 365. In addition to accessing the online version of office applications, you can download and install the full Microsoft Office suite on a select number of computers and mobile devices for free, with just your Gordon-Conwell email address and password. How to Install on a Windows or Mac Computer Please log into portal.office.com with your full Gordon-Conwell email address (e.g. jdoe@gordonconwell.edu) and password. If you are asked which account you want to use (Work/school or Personal), select Work or school account created by your IT department. You will see a list of the Microsoft Office apps you have access to. Clicking an individual app will take you to the online version of the app. To download the desktop version of the Microsoft Office suite, click Install apps near the top right corner and select one of the download options. Once the download has completed, run the file and allow it to install. Once the installation has completed, open one of the Microsoft Office programs. The software should ask you to log in to activate it. To do so, enter your Gordon-Conwell email address and password again (note again that this is a work/school account, not a personal Microsoft account, if you are asked what kind it is). Your Microsoft Office 365 subscription should now be activated and ready to use! How to Install on a Mobile Device (e.g. Tablet, Phone, Chromebook) Install the individual Microsoft Office apps (e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint) from your device’s App Store or Google Play Store. Once the installation has completed, open one of the Microsoft Office apps. The app should ask you to log in to activate it. To do so, enter your Gordon-Conwell email address and password (note that this is a work/school account, not a personal Microsoft account, if you are asked what kind it is). Your Microsoft Office 365 application should now be activated and ready to use!

Do you need to sign, view or add comments to PDF documents? You can do all these things with free Adobe Reader software. Do you need to edit PDF documents or (new feature!) employ eSignature workflows? Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary offers Foxit licenses to employees who are required to edit PDF documents or employ eSignature workflows.  Navigate to https://gordonconwell.freshservice.com/support/home Select "Request a Service" Select "Foxit PDF Editor" GCTS currently has licenses for the following: Foxit PDF Editor Suite Pro for Education As of October 2023 GCTS has 10 of these licenses that cover a single device license for the PDF editor software (Mac, Windows, IOS, Android), plus PDF Editor Cloud and eSign functionality. Each user is limited to 150 "envelopes" for eSign.  In February 2024 all GCTS licenses will be transitioned to this license type. To learn more about Foxit PDF Editor Software & Cloud Service and eSign  Visit  https://kb.foxit.com/hc/en-us for knowledge base articles:      or  https://www.foxit.com/support/tutorial.html for instructional videos:

SentinelOne is GCTS' current security solution on Windows and Mac computers. However, it conflicts with the built in Extract/Unzip feature of Windows 0. This issue occurs when you extract a folder and no data is given to you, only an empty folder. See below for how to fix this issue. Open Windows File Explorer Navigate to the View tab and click on Options  In the new window that opens choose the View tab Under Advanced Options, scroll down and check the box next to Launch folder windows in a separate process Click Apply and you should now be able to extract/unzip files correctly!

This article is to assist users on how to download the New Microsoft Teams onto their Windows computers.  Click this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app       1. Select Download app for desktop                                     2. Select Teams for Work or School                           3. For Windows computer: Select Download for Windows (64-bit)                           Once selected, it will immediately download the file onto your browser, open the file, and a prompt will ask you to install it. Once you have the application installed, remember to pin the app to your taskbar so it can easily be found.