MS Office Campus Agreement
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What is the Microsoft Office Campus Agreement?
A: WCMC has entered into a campus agreement with Microsoft for a campus-wide license of Microsoft Office products. Microsoft Office was made available to the students, staff, and faculty of WCMC beginning August 1st, 2007.
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How do I get Microsoft Office?
A: Microsoft Office can be downloaded from the Office page on the Downloads section of our website.
Q: What versions of Office are provided under the agreement?
A: The agreement covers Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise for Windows, Microsoft Office 2004 for Macintosh, and other versions as detailed below.
Q: Will the college get upgrades to future versions of Office as they're released?
A: WCMC will receive all available upgrades to both the Mac and PC versions of Office for the length of the agreement.
Q: What if I want to use a version earlier of Office?
A: Office 2003 for Windows will also be made available under the agreement.
Q: Who is provided rights under this license?
A: Paid faculty, staff, and students affiliated with the Medical College are provided usage rights under the agreement. Users whose primary affiliation is New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH), WCMC-Qatar, or Columbia are not provided rights under the agreement. If you are unclear of your affiliation status, please contact ITS Support.
Q: Does the agreement cover Mac OS X versions of Office?
A: Yes.
Q: Is there a cost associated with getting Office licenses?
A: The Medical College has centrally funded the agreement. There is no cost to departments or individual users for the licensing agreement.
Q: Which applications are included in the Microsoft Office Enterprise suite?
A: Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise for Windows includes 2007 versions of Access, Communicator, Excel, Groove, InfoPath, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word. Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac OS X includes 2004 version of Entourage, Excel, Powerpoint, and Word.
Q: Does this agreement cover other Microsoft software products, like Project or Visio?
A: No, the current agreement only is for Office and the component applications listed above.
Q: Does this agreement cover Microsoft operating systems, like XP or Vista?
A: No, the current agreement only is for Office and the component applications listed above.
Q: Can I use Office at home?
A: Under the agreement, employed staff and faculty are granted license to use Office on one personally owned machine for work-related purposes only. Students are granted license to use Office on their personal machines for the duration of their enrollment. Students will also be granted a perpetual license upon graduation for the then-current version of Office.
Q: Will ITS offer any training for Office?
A: ITS will be developing training materials for the current versions of Microsoft Office for Mac and PC at an upcoming date.
Q: Will I be reimbursed for my previous Office license purchases?
A: Microsoft does not offer refund or reimbursement on any previously purchased licenses. Users should not purchase, or continue to purchase, MS Office licenses while the campus agreement is in effect.
Q: Doesn't Microsoft Office 2007 use a new document format that causes incompatabilities with older Office versions?
A: Microsoft Office 2007 does offer a new "Office Open XML" file format that is not compatible with older versions of the suite. These files are easily identified by their file extensions, including .docx, .xlsx, or .pptx. ITS has pre-configured the Office 2007 distribution so newly saved documents default to the traditional .doc/.xls/.ppt formats. ITS strongly recommends all users continue to save in this mode for full compatibility both internally and with other institutions.
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