Technology Update

October 3, 2008

Office 2007 upgrade over October Break

Office 2007 has been advertised to all centrally-supported EAS Windows machines since August 5. Many EAS users have already upgraded to the new version. In order to promote a simple and stable computing environment, any machines that have not been upgraded to Office 2007 will be upgraded over October Break. If you choose to, you can run the installation this week.

To run the installation, double click on the "Run Advertised Programs" icon on your desktop or go to "Start - Settings - Control Panel - Run Advertised Programs". Select the "Microsoft Office 2007 - Microsoft Office 2007" package and click "Run". You may also wish to install "Microsoft Office 2007 Add-ins - SaveAsPDFandXPS" to give Office the ability to write PDF files.

Please note the following:

* The installation may reboot your machine, so please close any open applications before running the Office 2007 advertisement.
* There are a few user clicks needed at the beginning of the installation.
* The installation takes approximately 20-30 minutes. You may wish to close all applications and run the advertisement prior to going to lunch or a meeting.

Please let us know should you have questions by sending email to eas-itap@purdue.edu.