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Microsoft Office 2007 Download for Windows Vista

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Introduction
Downloading Microsoft Office 2007
Important Licensing Notes
Installing Microsoft Office 2007
Post-Installation Notes

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Introduction

Microsoft Office 2007 is licensed to all students paying the technology fee, faculty, and staff at the University at Buffalo. Faculty and staff are licensed to install Office 2007 software on university and personally owned computers for academic or work-related purposes. Faculty and Staff must be employed by the state, UB Foundation, Research Foundation, Faculty Student Association, the Practice Plans, or have Geographic Full Time Faculty status.

Downloading Microsoft Office 2007

To download Microsoft Office 2007, go to the UBIT Software Download site.
Under the Browse All Software section, click Windows
Click the Office 2007 download icon.

Important Licensing Notes

You are only permitted to install Microsoft Office 2007 onto a single computer that is personally owned by you, and you may reinstall the software as many times as needed onto this computer only. You are not permitted to share the software with anyone else, burn it to a CD, or make it publicly available through such methods as file sharing.

Note

You must only download Office 2007 using a broadband connection, such as cable, DSL, FiOS, or ResNet, or else download it in a public site and save to CD. Do not download it over dialup.

Installing Microsoft Office 2007

Note

If you currently have Microsoft Office 2003 installed, you should install Microsoft Office 2007 over the previous version as described below.

Note

Only one version of Microsoft Outlook can be installed on a computer at a time. If installing Office in parallel, Outlook 2007 will overwrite Outlook 2003. Do not remove Outlook 2003 before installing Outlook 2007 in order to retain your Outlook settings.

Select Allow when Windows Vista asks you if you want to run the installer program.
When the Welcome window appears, click Run.
Please wait while the installer extracts and prepares to run.
Select Run The MS Office Enterprise 2007 Installer and click Finish.
Read the license agreement, select I Accept the Terms of this Agreement, then click Continue.
Click Install Now if you are installing for the first time, or Upgrade if you are installing over another version of Office.
If you are installing Office for the first time, skip to step 8. If you are installing over another version, under the Upgrade tab, select Remove All Previous Versions. Click Install Now.
Please wait while Office 2007 is installed on your computer.
Once installation is complete, click Go to Office Online to download updates, or click Close to finish the installation.
After installing Microsoft Office 2007, the first time you run an Office 2007 program (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint), the Privacy Options window appear. Select the box under Get online Help, then click Next.
In the Sign up for Microsoft Update window, select Download and install updates from Microsoft Update when available (recommended). Click Sign Up.
On your computer, open Microsoft Word 2007, if you have not already done so, by selecting it from the All Programs list. Click the Microsoft Office 2007 button located in the top left corner of the program window.
Click Word Options in the bottom right of the menu window.
In the Word Options window, select Save from the left side menu.
In the Save files in this format drop down menu, select Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc), then click OK.
On your computer, open Microsoft Excel 2007, if you have not already done so, by selecting it from the All Programs list. Click the Microsoft Office 2007 button located in the top left corner of the program window.
Click Excel Options in the bottom right of the menu window.
In the Excel Options window, select Save from the left side menu.
In the Save files in this format drop down menu, select Excel 97-2003 Workbook, then click OK.
On your computer, open Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, if you have not already done so, by selecting it from the All Programs list. Click the Microsoft Office 2007 button located in the top left corner of the program window.
Click PowerPoint Options in the bottom right of the menu window.
In the PowerPoint Options window, select Save from the left side menu.
In the Save files in this format drop down menu, select PowerPoint Presentation 97-2003, then click OK.