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[James]

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Microsoft Office 2007
The TTU IT Division announces the availability of
Microsoft Office 2007 to the TTU campus
community starting on Wednesday, July 25, 2007.

With the release of Microsoft Office 2007, a new
set of standard file formats has been released for
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Customers using
earlier versions of Microsoft Office (2003, XP) will
not be able to open, edit, save, or create files using
the new file formats without the installation of a
compatibility pack provided by Microsoft.
Additionally, Office 2007 users have the option to
save their files in formats supported by previous
versions of Microsoft Office. Additional information
about the new file formats and the Compatibility
Pack are provided by Microsoft at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-
us/products/HA101686761033.aspx.

Microsoft Office 2007 may be downloaded at
http://eraider.ttu.edu or purchased for a nominal
charge in the ATLC (located in the west basement
of the University Library building). Note that our
contract only authorizes distribution media for the
Microsoft Office Professional Plus suite. The
Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise suite that adds
MS One Note (digital organization application) and
MS Groove (team collaboration application) is
available via secure download on the eRaider Web
site. For detailed information on TTU’s support of
Office 2007, please visit IT Help Central’s Office
2007 information page at
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/helpcentral/office_2007/
or call (806)742-HELP (4357).

Microsoft Vista
For the last eight months, the TTU IT Division has
been working diligently to prepare for distribution
of Microsoft Vista. We appreciate your patience
as we continue to work with Microsoft to resolve
issues concerning software compatibility and
product activation. At this time, several serious
hardware and software compatibility issues still
exist. Currently, we anticipate Vista will be
available late Fall 2007. If you have any questions,
please visit the Vista Web site at
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/helpcentral/vista/ or
contact IT Help Central at (806) 742-HELP.