I am using Microsoft for Mac on Mac Air, do I need antivirus?

I am using Microsoft 2011 on Mac Air, do I need an antivirus?

If you are  asking will using Office make your computer more vulnerable to malware than other software, the answer is basically no. If you are asking if it is a good idea to us a Mac without worrying about malware at all, that answer is also no. At the least you should download the open source ClamXav and run it once a week or so.

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  • HT1338 I have Microsoft for Mac 2011 on my OSX Lion. I want to take advantage of Word Art and be able to flip text to print on fabric. Can't seem to find how to do this... Help, please!

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    This is the Apple Keynote discussion, you should post in the Microsoft forums where the experts there can help you, there is a dedicated mailmarge discussion here:    Microsoft Office Word Mailmerge

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    You might try looking/posting here.
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    Microsoft Word for Mac support forums is probably a better place to ask.

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    My outgoing email as stopped working when using Outlook for mac 2011. I have deleted and reinstalled the account twice. I have 11 gig free on my iCloud account. The outgoing server is set at smtp.mail.me.com using port 587. If I was able to reinstall the account, I am positive I have the correct password. I can log into my iCloud accout using the same credentials.
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    I called Microsoft to fix my problem...for those maybe having the same issue, I was told by the Tech to use this outgoing server setting - p06-smtp.mail.me.com
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    Should I be running some kind of security program on my iMac eg. for spyware / adaware / virus etc.  I also have Microsoft for Mac on my computer (Word, Excel, Outlook).
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    lorrainefromencounter bay wrote:
    I know ClamXav is free from the apps store dont know yet about Sophos.
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  • Microsoft for Mac software

    we have been running microsoft for mac since new - running fine (no errors). recently i deleted the other account we had on the computer (now only running one account) - i moved all the docs etc from other account. whenever i open a word doc i get the following error - an unexpected error occured while trying to load microsoft frame work library - . after hitting OK the doc opens fine and everything runs normally while it is open.
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    Hello!
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    Thank you in advance.

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