{"id":3374,"date":"2025-08-25T13:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/help-centre\/?page_id=3374"},"modified":"2025-08-27T08:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:57:53","slug":"office-add-ins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/help-centre\/office-add-ins\/","title":{"rendered":"Office Add-ins for Microsoft 365 Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Office Add-ins and Apps provide optional, custom commands and features to Microsoft 365 Apps. These are available to discover from the Office Add-ins dialog in applications like Word, Excel, and Outlook. You can also find them online through the Apps marketplace in the Microsoft 365 portal.<\/p>\n<p>Because add-ins can be used by attackers to do harm to your computer and university data, security settings are in place to protect you and university resources.<\/p>\n<p>Users may enable some Add-ins and Apps themselves. 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