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Microsoft Office 2011 Standard

Use Microsoft Office, a productivity suite of software for editing documents, creating spreadsheets, making computer slide shows, reading email and more.

Do Not Install Over Trial or Demo Versions

Uninstall any trial versions of Office before you download and install Office 2011. Installing over a trial or demo version will cause problems and prompt you for a product key.

Microsoft Office 2011 Standard includes:

  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Word
  • Outlook

We recommend that students stay consistent with the version of Office that their professors use. We do not recommend upgrading before the end of the semester.

Getting Started

System Requirements

  • A Mac computer with an Intel processor
  • Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later
  • 1 GB or more of RAM
  • 2.5 GB of available hard disk space
  • HFS+ hard disk format (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Plus)
  • 1280 x 800 or higher resolution monitor
  • Connection to a local area network
  • Safari 5 or later recommended

If your system does not meet the above requirements we recommend Office 2008 (available for a limited time).

Availability

  • Students: Download Microsoft Office 2011 from UB’s Kivuto OnTheHub site.
  • Faculty and Staff: Download Microsoft Office 2011 from UB.
  • Students: Purchase Microsoft Office2011 with media from UB’s Kivuto OnTheHub site
  • Faculty and Staff: Purchase Microsoft Office 2011 with media from UB’s Kivuto OnTheHub site

Eligibility

Microsoft Office 2011 Standard is available to:

  • Students who have paid the Comprehensive fee
  • Faculty
  • Faculty Student Association employees
  • Geographic Full time Faculty
  • State employee (UUP, CSEA, MC,PEF)
  • Sub-Board I (SBO) employees
  • Research Foundation employees
  • UB Foundation employees
  • Medical residents (must download faculty/staff version)

License Agreement

By downloading the software, you confirm that you have read the Terms and Conditions and you agree to and acknowledge the terms of the license agreement and terms and conditions. You understand that sharing the software with others is an offense.

This software cannot be downloaded and stored in a shared file space.

Microsoft Office 2011 is licensed to all students paying the technology fee, faculty, and staff at the University at Buffalo. Faculty and staff are licensed to install Microsoft Office 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, or have Geographic Full Time Faculty status.

Managing Your Office 2011 Software

Checking for Office Updates

You should set Office to check for Office updates automatically. Updates will only be checked when you are connected to the Internet:

  1. Launch a Microsoft Office application.
  2. From the Help menu select Check for Updates.
  3. Under How would you like to check for software updates select Automatically.
  4. On the Check for Updates pop-up menu select the frequency you want AutoUpdate to check for updates.

Vendor Support

Microsoft Support
Office:Mac

Students:

You will receive email from Kivuto OnTheHub when you download or purchase this software.

Students: Download Office 2011 from UB's Kivuto OnTheHub site
Faculty/Staff: Agree to Terms, then download Office 2011 from UB

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