Air 15 inch M2 -- Crazy energy consumption Microsoft Word

[MrDuric]

I'm having this issue where word is draining my new Macbook Air 15's battery like crazy. I'm attaching a screenshot of the activity monitor here but I'm not sure how to exactly read it? I just know that my battery drained from 86% to 72% in less than an hour. I'm just using word and don't have many background processes running. What could it be?

 

[dizmonk]

That does seem bizarre. Have you tried closing out, rebooting, and starting it up again?

 

[MrDuric]

That does seem bizarre. Have you tried closing out, rebooting, and starting it up again?

Surprisingly not yet lol. I did try reinstalling the whole office suite but that didn't work. Let me update and restart.

 

[Chuckeee]

Is it the Office 365 version? If so, turn off WiFi and see if that helps. If so, there is a Word/Office preference about offline operations somewhere. Microsoft tends to rename and move that specific preference around.