Microsoft Office

I can't open an Office 2007 file! What do I do?

Beginning this fall, all labs will be equipped with Microsoft Office 2007. Files created using this version of Office will not automatically open in Office 2003 because of a different file extension.

In order to open these files using Office 2003, please download the compatibility pack (here) from Microsoft.

Is Microsoft Office available on campus?

Yes!

All the labs on campus (and the library!) will be equipped with Microsoft Office 2007 beginning this fall. This means you can access the following programs:

• Word
• Excel
• Powerpoint                             
  
• Access
• Outlook
• Publisher

How do I upgrade to Office 2007 for Windows or Office 2008 for Macs?

If you are a member of the Faculty or Staff, you have 2 options.

You can sign out an Office 2007 or 2008 CD from Raeann Straube in Accinno 115.

Alternatively, if you wish to upgrade Office 2003 for Windows to Office 2007, you can follow these steps:

1. Go to the Start Menu and choose Run.
2. Type \\swlicense\Office in the box and click OK.
3. In the new window that opens, double-click install.bat or install, depending on what you see.

If you are a Student, unfortunately, the college does not have a license of Microsoft Office for student use.  However, Microsoft has a Home and Student version of the Office suite that costs about $150.

If you purchased a computer from Computopia in either 2007 or 2008, your computer is already equipped with the latest version of Microsoft Office.

 My Computer is really slow since I have installed Office 2007...what can I do to make it better?

Microsoft has released a patch which deals with some of these performance problems. Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. This article contains a list of issues that the update fixes and information about an issue that may occur after the update is installed. Additionally, this article describes how to obtain the update and how to determine whether the update is installed. You can read more about the patch if you click on the following URL: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933493

If your computers does not have sufficient RAM (Memory) you may suffer from poor performance. It is suggested that you have a minimum of 2Gb of RAM. Contact the Help Desk, helpdesk@providence.edu or 401 865-4357 for more information.