Microsoft Office
Does the library provide access to Microsoft Office?
Answer
The Library does not; but UCR does, to an extent...
UC Riverside will provide students, faculty, and staff with a complimentary Office 365 A1, cloud-based license for their learning, teaching, and work needs. The A1 license does offer core features like email, document collaboration, and online storage; it also provides access to Office 365 applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) via office.com. However, it does not include access to the desktop version of Office 365 applications.
Please note that while this is the Office suite of programs you are familiar with on the desktop version, the cloud-based offering UCR will now provide does not offer some of the functionality that lots of desktop Office fans love, like keyboard shortcuts. In addition, some of the functions that you can do on the desktop versions do not carry over in the cloud-based version.