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Office Remote Help For PC
Office Remote Help For PC
Applies To: Office Remote for Windows Phone Office Remote for Android
phones
Features
Here’s how you can control your desktop documents with your phone:
PowerPoint
Word
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Requirements
To use Office Remote, you’ll need a Bluetooth enabled PC that’s paired
with your phone. You’ll also need:
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Windows 7
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1. On your PC, open the file you want to present and on the Office
Remote tab, select Office Remote, Turn On.
2. On your phone, open Office Remote. The file you opened in step 1 and
any others that are open on your PC should appear.
3. Tap to open one and start presenting.
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If your installation is interrupted with the message “Office 2013 was not
found on your machine” even though you have Office 2013, please install
the latest update, which fixes this issue.
Connection problems
1. On your computer, open the file you want to present and make sure
Office Remote is on (Office Remote > Office Remote > Turn On).
2. Make sure your PC and phone are Bluetooth paired.
If you connected previously, but are now receiving error messages, try
the following:
1. Quit and restart the app on your phone and close and reopen the files on
the PC. When you reopen the files, check the Office Remote tab of the
ribbon to make sure that Office Remote is still on (Office Remote >
Office Remote > Turn On).
2. Try resetting everything. Remove the phone from the PC Bluetooth
settings and delete the computer name from the phone. Turn Bluetooth
off and back on and try pairing again.
TIP: To delete the computer name from the phone, go to your phone's Settings, tap Bluetooth, tap and hold the computer name, and tap delete.
If you still can’t connect, try restarting both the phone and the PC.