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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; ">Good Afternoon,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; ">Last December, Information Services and Technology (IS&T) announced support for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, along with its plan to end support for Office 2004. As of August 1, IS&T will no longer support Office 2004.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; ">IS&T recommends that Macintosh users upgrade to Office 2011 from existing installations of Office 2004 and 2008 for better performance, integration, and compatibility. IS&T will continue to support Office 2008.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><b><br></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><b>How to Obtain Office 2011</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; ">MIT offers Microsoft Office 2011 through the Microsoft Campus Agreement at no direct cost to departments. You can download Office 2011 from the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><a href="http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/office/2011" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Office 2011 at MIT page</a>. For help installing Office 2011, please refer to the Hermes article </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/ist/Install+or+Upgrade+to+Microsoft+Office+for+Mac+2011" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">“Install or Upgrade to Microsoft Office for Mac 2011.”</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><b><br></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><b>Getting Help</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><a href="http://lynda.mit.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">lynda.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "> training, available at no charge to MIT users, offers several tutorials on Office for Mac 2011, including walk-throughs on how the application differs from Office 2004 and 2008.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; ">If you need further assistance installing or using Office 2011, contact your <a href="http://ist.mit.edu/about/org/ds">DITR consultant</a> or the IS&T Help Desk at 617.253.1101 or <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 13, 255); "><a href="mailto:helpdesk@mit.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">helpdesk@mit.edu</a>. </span> You can also <a href="http://ist.mit.edu/support" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 13, 255); ">submit a request online</span></a>.</span><font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br></div></font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Regards,</div></font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Dave Conlon</div></font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "> </div></font></span></div></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">--------</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">David J. Conlon</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">IT Project Manager & Team Leader</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">Software Release Team, Systems Engineering</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">Information Services & Technology (IS&T)</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building W92-229B</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">Cambridge, MA 02139</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">p. 617.253.5988</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">Important: IS&T staff will *NEVER* ask you for your password, nor will MIT</font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Consolas,monospace">send you email requesting your password information. 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