Found a great deal on Microsoft Office for students

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  1. AV8R

    AV8R Active Member

    I happened upon a great deal on Microsoft Office software for students and thought I'd pass the info on to all the students here...

    Microsoft Ultimate Edition, which includes Access, Excel, Groove, InfoPath, OneNote, Outlook with Business Contact Manager, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word for only $59.95.

    http://www.theultimatesteal.com/home.asp
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Oct 2, 2007
  2. sentinel

    sentinel New Member

    OpenOffice (OOo) v.2.3 (Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Equation Editor, Database, import/export Microsoft Office (.doc, .xls, .ppt) files plus export to PDF. Cost: $0.00 (http://www.openoffice.org)
     
  3. Daniel Luechtefeld

    Daniel Luechtefeld New Member

    Those weighing this option should be aware of compatibility issues in handling Microsoft docs, particularly Excel. I learned the hard way.
     
  4. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    Some universities do not offer e-mail addresses to students so it would be difficult to comply with this requirement:

    "You must hold a valid email address at a U.S. educational institution ending in .edu (for example, [email protected])"

    A student package can be bought from school stores or shops such as Staples at a higher price.
     
  5. adireynolds

    adireynolds New Member

    Boo Microsoft!

    Yes, I emailed Microsoft to explain my situation of not having an ".edu" email address, since NCU doesn't provide email addresses for students, and to see if they would accept some other form of proof of student status. Unfortunately, they wouldn't budge on this issue, which I thought was pretty lame, if you could prove that you are a registered student in some other manner.

    Cheers,
    Adrienne
     
  6. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    I agree, this policy seems poorly thought through.

    -=Steve=-
     
  7. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    I am working on a US Govt project and the contract states all documentation has to be created with MS Office 2003. One reason is that there is a bug in the Excel 2007 and there is concern that there might be other bugs.
    I did some checking and found this:
    http://www.appscout.com/2007/09/excel_cant_multiply.php
     
  8. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    Maybe this is like a beta version and looking for students to help debug it.
    I am working on a US Govt project and the contract states all documentation has to be created with MS Office 2003.
    One reason may be that there is a bug in the Excel 2007. I did some checking and found this:
    http://www.appscout.com/2007/09/excel_cant_multiply.php
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Oct 5, 2007
  9. better deal on software... free!

    Sign up at http://imaginecup.com

    You "MUST" be a student. When filling it out, you must indicate which college you are affiliated with. You will NOT get physical licenses; only software licenses for students.

    Once you've updated your profile, go to http://imaginecup.com/MyStuff/FreeSoftware.aspx

    NOTE: Their servers are swamped, and you might have cookie problems.

    You will get the official license code and then download a small "downloader" program that will download the software for you.

    Their software changes constantly, but currently available:
    -Vista Business DVD (Swhwweeeet!)
    -Windows XP SP2
    -Windows 2003 Server
    -SQL 2005 Server (Developer versions, both 32 and 64 bit)
    -SourceSafe 2005
    -Visual Studio Pro 2005 (including MSDN 3 discs)
    -OneNote 2007
    -Visio Professional 2007

    Make sure to record your license code.

    I'm surprised Microsoft is offering this, but I think it has to do with the specific school (high school/college) you are from. Round 2 of the competition (that is, if you complete the prelims and round 1) will open you up for access to Microsoft Office 2007 Standard. Good luck.
     
  10. CKS

    CKS New Member

    Does anyone have experience with OpenOffice and can it be a long term substitute for MS office?
     
  11. I used openoffice for a while when I was really big into the open source movement, but i got over that rather quickly. It is "compatible" with office but it is not seamless. A lot of the formatting gets messed up in conversion. I found myself doing everything in open office and then taking it to school and then putting it on a windows PC and having to set up new fonts and margins and other things as well. It turned out to be a big pain in the but. For 40 bucks i bought office student edition and my life has been much easier.
     
  12. raristud2

    raristud2 New Member

    Take a look at ( http://www.campustech.com/ ). Campustech has a variety of software programs available at a discount for students and faculty.
     

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