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Did you know you can install Microsoft Office for free on your personal devices?

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

All K-State students and faculty/staff can get the full Microsoft Office suite for free, as part of the university’s Office 365 site license.K-State faculty, staff, and students get Microsoft Office for free

Known as Office 365 ProPlus, the suite provides both desktop and mobile app versions of Microsoft Office.  It is for personal use and can be installed on up to five PCs or Macs, five tablets, and five phones.

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Microsoft Office suite is free for all K-Staters

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

Free IT resources at K-StateAll K-State students and faculty/staff can now get the full Microsoft Office suite for free, as part of the university’s Office 365 site license.

Known as Office 365 ProPlus, the suite provides both desktop and mobile app versions of Microsoft Office.  It is for personal use and can be installed on up to five PCs or Macs, five tablets, and five phones.

In addition, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Operating System licenses are available to faculty/staff for all university-owned computers at no cost. Check with the technical support staff in your unit for more information.

For more details, see K-State’s Office 365 website (k-state.edu/its/office365). If you have questions, contact the IT Help Desk, helpdesk@k-state.edu, 785-532-7722 (toll-free 800-865-6143).

Office 365: Web apps, OneDrive, and ProPlus coming this week

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

by Information Technology Services

Today, the new features of Microsoft Office 365 begin rolling out to K-State students and faculty/staff through their webmail accounts. The process will continue throughout the week, until all users have access to the OneDrive file-storage space and Office Online web apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote). If you do not see these features in your App Launcher by Monday, March 16, contact the IT Help Desk.

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Microsoft makes iOS Office apps free

Posted on by Eric Dover

Green "Office" graphic with Word, Excel, PowerPoint icons (created by iTAC staffer)Microsoft announced that the iOS Office apps will be available for free, without the need of an Office 365 subscription. The apps include mobile versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. To access the editing features, log into the apps with a Microsoft account (Live or Hotmail account), which can be freely created at www.live.com. Previously users would have needed an Office 365 subscription to edit within the iOS Office apps.

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Microsoft Campus Agreement: Work-at-home software available

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Information Technology Services began offering eligible faculty/staff use of the following software at home for work-related purposes effective Monday, Feb. 28:

  • Windows 7 Professional Upgrade (32-bit/64-bit)
  • Office Professional Plus 2010
  • Office Mac Standard 2011

The software is not available for personal use. K-Staters can purchase the software for personal use under the Microsoft Select Agreement at the K-State Student Union Computer Store.

Note to departments: Free software downloads of Microsoft’s operating systems and the Microsoft Office Suite are available for all university-owned computers.  See the Jan. 18 Microsoft Campus Agreement article.

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Microsoft Access training classes in November

Posted on by bcad

iTAC is offering Microsoft Access (database) classes for all K-Staters in the month of November. The schedule is:

  • Monday, Nov. 1, 9-11 a.m. in Fairchild 9 – Introduction to Access 2007
  • Thursday, Nov. 4, 1-3 p.m. in Hale 301 – Basic Tables in Access 2007
  • Friday, Nov. 5, 1-3 p.m. in Hale 301 – Basic Queries in Access 2007
  • Thursday, Nov. 11, 1-3 p.m. in Hale 301 – Basic Forms in Access 2007
  • Friday, Nov. 12, 1-3 p.m. in Hale 301 – Basic Reports in Access 2007

If you are interested in attending one of these sessions, see the Technology Training website for course announcements or contact bcad@k-state.edu with the date and class you plan to attend.

Q/A: Office for Mac upgrades on volume-license purchases?

Posted on by Kathy Leonard

Do K-State departments get a free upgrade to Office 2011 software (for Macs only)?

No. Microsoft purchases made through SHI International (via State Contract 07365) are volume-license purchases. Free upgrades are not available for volume-license purchases (see Microsoft’s Technology Guarantee for details). Departments that need to purchase Office for Mac are encouraged to wait to purchase the new version when it is released.

The only exception is if a department participates in the Software Assurance progam and has purchased it for Office for Mac 2008. In that case, those departments will be notified of upgrade procedures.

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OffiSync merges the worlds of Microsoft Office and Google Docs

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

OffiSync is a plug-in for Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 that allows you to easily access your Google Docs or Google Apps right from within Microsoft Office. After the plug-in is downloaded, it adds an OffiSync toolbar to Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

offisync toolbar


From the OffiSync toolbar you can:

  • Open and save documents to your Google Docs or Google Apps accounts
  • Share documents with others
  • Co-author documents in real-time
  • Use Google Search to find your documents or to search the Web
  • Collaborate with others

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Microsoft Office training for all K-Staters

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

Microsoft Office Training sessions are scheduled this spring semester and are free to all K-Staters. To register for these sessions, see the IT Training page.

Transitioning to Word 2007
Wed, Jan. 13, 1-2 p.m. (Hale 301)
Tue, Feb. 9, 1-2 p.m. (Hale 301)
Thu, March 18, 11 a.m.-noon (Hale 301)
Thu, April 22, 11 a.m.-noon (Hale 301)
Mail Merge in Word 2007
Wed, Jan. 27, 11 a.m.-noon (Fairchild 9)
Mon, March 22, 11 a.m.-noon (Fairchild 9)
Word 2007 Seminar
Mon, Jan. 11, 10 a.m.-noon (Fairchild 9)
Wed, March 17, 10 a.m.-noon (Fairchild 9)

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Microsoft Word templates, troubleshooting, how-tos for grad students and others

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

A web space named Using Word went live this spring to provide training and troubleshooting resources for graduate students using Microsoft Word to write their ETDRs (electronic theses, dissertations, and reports). The site may also be helpful to other Word users at K-State.

The documentation covers the four latest versions of Microsoft Word — 2003, 2007, Mac 2004, and Mac 2008. It includes how to download and use the ETDR Word templates, plus instructions and tips on 14 topics, including: