how do i close office 365 service to allow updates to be installed?

This is from the Microsoft Knowledge Base http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2482074

There is another way you can quit an application. On the Apple menu bar, click Go > Computer, open your hard disk drive (Macintosh HD is the default name), and then open Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor. Find the application name, click it, and then choose Quit Process.

I found this helpful during the recent Office365 update.

From anywhere, use Spotlight (Command Key + Space Bar) and begin typing "Activity Monitor". Then hit enter once it becomes the top selection. Click on CPU tab and locate process in first column. Delete it using the "X" at the top of the table.

Not to bash the previous post but it's so much easier to use Spotlight to get things done. I actually used that post to do this the first time and was confused on the sequence. Thanks.

Paul

This helped me. Thank you!

Worked perfectly! Thanks

Thanks, Donal. That did it. Nothing confusing about it. :-)

This was very helpful. Thank you.

This was very helpful. Thank you.