[Macpartners] IS&T Ends Support for Office 2004 for Mac, Recommends Upgrading to Office for Mac 2011

[David J Conlon]

Good Afternoon,

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.

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.

How to Obtain Office 2011
MIT offers Microsoft Office 2011 through the Microsoft Campus Agreement at no direct cost to departments. You can download Office 2011 from the Office 2011 at MIT page<http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/office/2011>. For help installing Office 2011, please refer to the Hermes article “Install or Upgrade to Microsoft Office for Mac 2011.”<http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/ist/Install+or+Upgrade+to+Microsoft+Office+for+Mac+2011>

Getting Help
lynda.com<http://lynda.mit.edu/> 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.

If you need further assistance installing or using Office 2011, contact your DITR consultant<http://ist.mit.edu/about/org/ds> or the IS&T Help Desk at 617.253.1101 or helpdesk at mit.edu<mailto:helpdesk at mit.edu>.  You can also submit a request online<http://ist.mit.edu/support>.


Regards,
Dave Conlon

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David J. Conlon
IT Project Manager & Team Leader
Software Release Team, Systems Engineering
Information Services & Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building W92-229B
Cambridge, MA 02139
p. 617.253.5988

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.





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