New Versions of MS Office for Mac!

MS Office 2008 for Mac now available!

Although MS Office 2007 for Windows has been available for a while, it’s been a long time coming for those on the Mac-side of things, but Microsoft has finally released Office 2008 for Mac. The being made available is Office 2008 Standard and is freely available for all IU affiliates. For the IU community both Windows and Mac versions of MS Office are available for download at the IUware website.

The new version of Office 2008 for Mac has many new features all which bring it up to similar functionality with MS Office 2007 for Windows. This new version is completely compatible with MS Office 2007 for Windows files (docx, xlsx, pptx).

Best,
- IC Staff

UPDATE (02/05/2008):

This IUware installer incorporates a custom fix for the security issue detailed in the following article: Security issue in MS Office 2008 Installer for Mac.

The original installer provided by Microsoft to IUware prior to 02/05/08 did not contain this fix. If you have previously installed Office 2008 you should run this custom installer found here: Office 2008 Standard Security Fix.

Thanks,
-IC Staff

Workshop: New Features in PowerPoint 2007

The IC staff presented a workshop this morning on Microsoft Powerpoint 2007. The workshop provided information about the new features and differences in the new 2007 version. In particular, the workshop covered:

Overview of new interface changes

New features for layout, formatting, and presentation

Incorporating media such as graphs, images, video, and sound clips

New features for quickly creating photo albums

Security and sharing options

Compatibility issues with previous versions

If you are interested in the resources used during the workshop, please visit our website.

Also, stay tuned to our website for announcements of upcoming workshops!