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Most online courses require students to submit and receive word processing documents. Microsoft Office Professional – which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access – is strongly recommended and is required for certain courses. You can purchase Microsoft Office Professional at a discounted price at the USF Bookstore.

NOTE: Programs such as Microsoft Works are incapable of saving documents in Word 6.0 format. If you do not have Microsoft Word, please save your documents as Rich Text Format (.rtf).

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