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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Information Services and Technology (IS&T) announced support for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 in December of 2010 and recommends that Mac users upgrade to this version:
it offers better performance, integration, and compatibility than earlier versions of Office.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">IS&T plans to retire support for Office 2008 for Mac through a two-step process:</font></div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -24pt; ">August 15, 2012 – The Office 2008 installer will be removed from IS&T's </span><a href="http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/available-software" style="text-indent: -24pt; "><font color="#0061ff">software grid</font></a><span style="text-indent: -24pt; ">.
The installer will be archived and provided by the IS&T Help Desk only upon request.</span></li><li><span style="text-indent: -24pt; ">December 28, 2012 – IS&T will end support for Office 2008.</span></li></ul>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">How to Obtain Office for Mac 2011<i><o:p></o:p></i></font></b></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><font>MIT offers Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 throug</font>h the </font><a href="http://ist.mit.edu/software/msca/overview"><font color="#0061ff">Microsoft Campus Agreement</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> at
no direct cost to departments, for faculty, staff and student use. You can download the software from the <u><a href="http://ist.mit.edu/office/2011/mac"><font color="#0061ff">Office for Mac 2011 page</font></a></u>, which includes system requirements and
installation instructions. <b><o:p></o:p></b></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">For help installing Office 2011, refer to the Knowledge Base article <a href="http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/N4t_/"><font color="#0061ff">Install or Upgrade to Microsoft
Office for Mac 2011</font></a>.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>Support for Microsoft Office</b><o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">IS&T provides MIT community members with free online courses through <a href="http://lynda.com/"><font color="#0061ff">lynda.com</font></a>, a comprehensive library of software
training videos. Office for Mac 2011 tutorials include walk-throughs on how the application differs from Office 2008. To access this resource, go to <a href="http://lynda.mit.edu/"><font color="#0061ff">http://lynda.mit.edu</font></a> and log in using your
certificate or Kerberos username and password. <o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">If you need assistance installing or using Office 2011, contact your <a href="http://ist.mit.edu/about/org/ds/team"><font color="#0061ff">DITR consultant</font></a> or the
IS&T Help Desk at 617.253.1101 or <a href="mailto:computing-help@mit.edu"><font color="#0061ff">helpdesk@mit.edu</font></a>. You can also <a href="http://ist.mit.edu/support"><font color="#0061ff">submit a request online</font></a>.</font></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Justin Fleming</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Mac Platform Coordinator</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Systems Engineering, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">IS&T, MIT</span></div>
<div><a href="mailto:jtflem@mit.edu"><font color="#0061ff">jtflem@mit.edu</font></a> | 617.253.0157 | W92-229A</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Important: IS&T staff will never ask you for your password, nor will MIT send you email requesting your password information. Please ignore any email messages that claim to require you to provide such information.</div>
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