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Office 2010
Windows


Office 2010 is the current version of productivity software for department computer refreshes (Windows).  Faculty and staff can upgrade their current campus computer to Office 2010 by visiting the ECU Download Center. There is no charge for this upgrade. The suite includes:

Access, Excel, InfoPath Designer, InfoPath filler, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, SharePoint Workspace and Word

Office 2010 is available to faculty and staff for work-at-home purchase through the Dowdy Student Store. See below for Campus Agreement details.

To learn the advantages of an upgrade, visit the "Getting Started with Office 2010," website.


Office 2007
Windows


Still supported by ECU, Office 2007 is available to faculty and staff through the ECU Download Center for their campus computer. There is no charge for this software. Office 2007 includes:

Access, Excel, Groove, InfoPath, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher and Word


Office 2004, 2008, 2011
Macintosh


Mac versions of Office are available to faculty and staff for their campus computer free of charge through the ECU Download Center. For support information, see the ITCS Macintosh support site.

Office 2011 is available to faculty and staff for work-at-home purchase through the Dowdy Student Store. See below for Campus Agreement details.

NEW! With the upgrade to Exchange Server 2010, Mac users can take advantage of many new features by replacing their Entourage e-mail client with Outlook 2011 for Mac. 

For example, Outlook 2011 supports note, task and category synchronization and support for attachments in Exchange calendar events. Users can also use the Global Address Book off campus. See the Microsoft Office for Mac website to learn more.

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Communicator Instant Messaging
Faculty and staff campus computers/Windows and Mac


Available as a free download from the ECU Download Center for faculty and staff campus computers (Macintosh and Windows), services include instant messaging with other ECU users, computer-to-computer VoIP calls, video calls or video conferencing, document transfers and more.

Learn more by visiting the Communicator 2007 website and  the Microsoft Online Training site.


Expression Web Authoring
Faculty and staff campus computers/Windows


Expression Web is an html Web authoring program from Microsoft that is available free of charge to ECU faculty and staff for use on their campus Windows computer.

Visit Microsoft's Learn Expression Web page and access short video tutorials on using Expression Web.

To download, visit the ECU Download Center. Must log in with a valid PirateID while on campus.

The Expression Web design suite and tutorials are available to students free of charge from DreamSpark, a Microsoft website, using their ECU e-mail address and passphrase.


Purchase and Installation Support
Department Computers



While not available for download, several Microsoft products are supported by ITCS:

Departments may purchase a license through the Microsoft Select vendor and request installation through the IT Help Desk.

En Point Technologies
18701 S. Figueroa Street
Gardena, CA 90248-4506


NC Sales Hotline: 1.800.697.3750
NC Fax: 1.800.694.4531
NC Support Team e-mail: northc@enpointe.com

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Home Purchase Programs


ECU offers the following Microsoft licensing agreements to faculty and staff to purchase certain Microsoft products through the Dowdy Student Store. Note that there is no free telephone support with either agreement.

Staff

Dowdy Student Store also offers the following Microsoft products to faculty and staff for home use through the Microsoft Campus Agreement. Contact the student store for pricing.

  • Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade OS (64-bit)
  • Windows 7 Upgrade OS (32-bit)
  • Office 2010 Professional
  • Office Mac 2011

Please note the following:

  • Purchase is for work-related purposes only; non-university use is prohibited
  • Retirees are not eligible for this program
  • Valid ECU 1 Card required
  • Staff complete the Campus Agreement Work @ Home Acceptance form

Students

Microsoft products are now offered FREE to registered students through a special licensing agreement between ECU and Microsoft. For more information, visit the Microsoft4Students download page.