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The Microsoft Rights Management Service (RMS) allows you to restrict access to Microsoft Office documents to specific individuals. RMS is integrated into Microsoft Office and is available for faculty and staff. Check with the IT professional in your department for assistance in enabling RMS for your account.

Note: This service only allows UMass Amherst employees to share restricted documents with each other. If you share a document with restricted access to an individual outside of the campus community, they will not be able to open it.

Open a file with RMS restrictions

  1. Download the file. You may see a dialog box that states, 'Word needs to connect to the Rights Management Services server. Do you want to continue?' Click Continue. If you are prompted for a server address, enter https://rms.ads.umass.edu.
  2. In the Username field, enter your NetID (you may also be prompted for your domain). In the Password field, enter your NetID password. The file will open.

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Set RMS restrictions on a file

  • If you're working with text-based documents, Microsoft Word is pretty much the standard. But to use the software you'll usually either have to buy it outright or sign up to a subscription.
  • If you see repeated prompts to grant access to the keychain when starting an Office for Mac app, Office may have been moved to a location other than the default /Applications folder. Select Always Allow when prompted. You may encounter this dialog up to three times.
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  • Microsoft Office 2011 (Mac) Go to File Restrict Permissions Restricted Access. The Set Permissions window will open. Enter the email addresses of individuals who may Read, Change, or have Full Control of the document in the appropriate fields. Set RMS restrictions on an email. Microsoft Outlook 2011 (Mac).

Microsoft Office 2013 (Windows)

Mac
  1. Go to File > Info > Protect Document > Restrict Access > Restricted Access. The Permission window will open.
  2. Make sure the Restrict Permission to this document box is selected. Enter the email addresses of individuals who can Read or Change the document. Click ok.

Microsoft Office 2010 (Windows)

  1. Go to File > Info > Protect Document/Workbook/Presentation > Restrict Permission by People > Restricted Access. The Permission window will open.
  2. Make sure the Restrict Permission to this document box is selected. Enter the email addresses of individuals who can Read or Change the document. Click ok.

Microsoft Office 2007 (Windows)

  1. Go to File > Prepare > Restrict Permission > Restricted Access. The Permission window will open.
  2. Make sure the Restrict Permission to this document box is selected. Enter the email addresses of individuals who can Read or Change the document. Click ok.

Microsoft Office 2011 (Mac)

  1. Go to File > Restrict Permissions > Restricted Access. The Set Permissions window will open.
  2. Enter the email addresses of individuals who may Read, Change, or have Full Control of the document in the appropriate fields.

Set RMS restrictions on an email

Microsoft Outlook 2011 (Mac)

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In a new email message, go to Options > Permissions > Do Not Forward.

Microsoft Outlook 2007 (Windows)

In a new email message, go to Office button > Permission > Do Not Forward.

Microsoft Outlook 2010 (Windows)

In a new email message, go to Options > Permission > Do Not Forward.

Microsoft Outlook 2013 (Windows)

In a new email message, go to Options > Permission > Do Not Forward.

Since the MAC version of MS Office does not include MS Access (there is no MAC version of Access and never has been) , we often see questions similar to:

Grant Access Microsoft Word Mac

How can I run Microsoft Access on a MAC?”

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in various forums. While it is true that you can’t get Access (and other programs) for MAC, there are still ways to run them on your MAC. Let’s take a closer look at each of these.

Possible Ways to Run MS Access on a MAC

Here are a couple solutions that I am aware of:

Virtualization Software

You can install any number of virtualization software programs, such as Parallels or VMWare Fusion or Oracle VirtualBox, to create a virtual machine in which you install Windows and then MS Office/Access and or any other Windows program(s) of your choosing. This does requires buying Parallels, and owing licenses for Windows and any other program you wish to install.

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Once it is setup you can run launch your Windows Virtual Machine directly from within your MAC OS.

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Bootcamp

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Use Apple’s free Bootcamp software which will create a separate Windows formatted partition on the hard drive to install Windows and the appropriate drivers. It will run Windows as fast or faster than a PC of equivalent specification. The only downside (aside from the cost) is that you cannot run the Mac OS and the Windows OS simultaneously. Users who wanted to use Access would have to shut down the Mac OS and reboot into Windows.

So basically you split/partition your MAC hard drive to create a spot to install Windows. So your computer end up having both OSs installed and you pick which one to run at startup.

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Remote Access Software

Another interesting option is to use remote access software, programs such as:

  • Microsoft’s Remote Desktop
  • TeamViewer
  • etc…

to connect to a another computer. The remote access software simply transmits the image of the other computer’s screen image directly back to your local PC. So, you are in fact working directly on the other computer.

So, if you already have access to a Windows PC or server, you can use remote access software to connect to it and run your database.

CrossOver

I recently came across a program called CrossOver which states:

Run Microsoft Windows software on your Mac without buying a Windows license, rebooting or using a virtual machine

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I don’t know anything more about this product, but it sounds very interesting and may be worth further investigation. Furthermore, they offer a trial version so you can take it for a test drive.

Microsoft Query

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If you simply need to access the data, but not interact with it (Add/Edit/Delete) and you have a copy of MS Office for MAC then you can use Microsoft Query to access the data via ODBC.