As a full time Houghton College student you can get the 2007 Enterprise Version of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Communicator, Groove, and InfoPath) at a dramatically reduced cost. If you do not have Microsoft Office on your computer, in particular Excel, PowerPoint and Word, we would strongly recommend that you order the software as these programs will be needed during your time in P.A.C.E.

Please note that your option for the Microsoft Office Suite is the most recent 2007 version. The P.A.C.E. faculty and staff are still using the 2003 platform.  There are some changes with the 2007 version in particular with the default file format which could potentially cause some problems with those using the 2003 platform in opening your files.  If you are going to take advantage of this purchase price (which we strongly recommend), please review the instructions on the Student Resources Section of the P.A.C.E. website on how to save your documents to previous versions of Microsoft Office.  To view this instructions, click here.  Please contact Mark Pavone if you have any questions at: mark.pavone@houghton.edu

If you are interested in upgrading your operating system, the newest version is Microsoft Vista. However you need to be very careful about upgrading your operating system. Vista takes an awful lot of memory (RAM) and most computers need to have significant upgrades (disk space, RAM, graphics card, etc) before you can install Vista and have it run correctly. In addition a lot of your software programs may not work. There is a Vista Upgrade advisor that you can download from Microsoft’s website that will let you know if your computer could handle the upgrade.  Click Here for more information on the Vista Upgrade advisor and download information from the Microsoft website. 

The following are instructions for ordering software:

  1. Click on the following link: http://campus.houghton.edu/orgs/helpdesk/Page.aspx?ID=Software_MicrosoftOrder
  2. From there click on the link in the middle of the page
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen and answer the various questions. All of the information that you need will show up on the screen. Just be sure to follow the instructions and pay attention on what you need to do or send in (for verification) once you place your order. I believe that a copy of your student ID or a copy of your student bill will work. Also if need be, we can draft a letter for you to send in stating that you are a full time student. Just follow carefully the instructions on the screen. Basically your payment and information is kept on file until you submit the paperwork of which you can submit via US Postal mail or by fax.
  4. If you have any questions, you can contact Mark Pavone at: mark.pavone@houghton.edu