Alert

06-27-07 - Office 2007 Rollout

The newest version of Microsoft Office, Office 2007, will be installed in most RIC computer labs and e-classrooms for instructional use in the Fall 07 semester (click here for details). File converters are required for older versions of Office to read the new Office 2007 file formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc).  The converters will be installed by User Support Services as an automatic update for campus PCs.

The installation will cause a slight slowdown of your PC on startup. We apologize for the inconvenience of this slowdown, but the conversion software must be installed to allow all Rhode Island College users to open and save documents in the new Microsoft Office file formats.   Apple computer users will not receive the automatic update.  However, Microsoft has developed conversion software for the Mac.  If you would like to request Office 2007 file converters for your office Mac, please call the helpdesk.

For more details about the new Office formats, please see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101686761033.aspx.