Discounted Microsoft Office

[Arty Fufkin]

I've been told that military / government personnel can obtain a copy of Microsoft office at a much discounted cost ( about a tenner). Any one happen to know the website address to place an order? Tried googling but no joy.

Cheers,

Arty

[Burnswannabe]

I think it used to be http://sabs.sbl.r.mil.uk/

I think only accessible from a work computer. Hope it works.

[Al R]

http://www.softbox.co.uk/NR/rdonlyre...eeJimLocke.pdf

SBL is one of them for sure, and its not just MS that is discounted. There are (were) one or two others, forgotten who though. Try the Training and Education people (if they still exist).

[Dysonsphere]

Hmmm not been funny I dont know anyone who has paid for MS Office other than companies and the like.

[Pontius Navigator]

This offer is not one limited to the MOD. Many organisations, including the NHS, have negotiated this Home User Licence. Search for Microsoft Software Assurance.

The catch of course is that you have to delete the program from your home PC when you leave their employ.

[talk_shy_tall_knight]

If you get no joy on the SBL link (won't open for me), and have no access to the sources as alluded to in the previous post, you might want to consider openoffice. It's totally free, about a 110 meg download or you'll commonly find it on PC mag coverdisks. I was sceptical at first, worried about compatibility with MS Word and Powerpoint etc, but it's totally interoperable (bingo!). I've made presentations on it that i've subsequently used at prayers using the Sqn networked IT. It's the mutts doodahs.

[Arty Fufkin]

Cheers all.

I think you may be right about the first link only working from a service computer. I'll give it a go next time I'm in!!!

Arty F

[talk_shy_tall_knight]

Sorry forgot the link

http://www.openoffice.org/product/product.html

[ZH875]

The cost is about £17.41, and you can get either Office 2003 or Office 2007. One copy per household, and you can install it on one machine and one laptop only. The product needs to be registered within 30 days of installation, or parts of it stop working.

It also must be removed from your PC if you leave MOD employment.

If you have bought Office 2003 under this program, and then buy and install Office 2007, you are not entitled to use Office 2003, and must remove it and not install it on any other machines.

Visio is also available.

[SirToppamHat]

We've been here before; it is an excellent scheme:

See Here.

I have just spoken to the people who run it and they reckon they've got a problem with their website at the moment. Their tel no is: 01347 812100.

Just a reminder though that the website is only accessible on the intranet!.

For more information from Microsoft see here:

Link to Microsoft Site (Internet)

I would suggest anyone who wants to use it tries again next week.

Regards

STH

[South Bound]

You can only get Office 2007 now, they no longer offer 2003.

Still works, ordered my 2007 upgrade a couple of weeks ago. I absolutely definitely promise to remove it from my systems when I leave the Service, honest!

[Navaleye]

I junked MS office and use free Openoffice. I have not had one compatibility issue and in fact it does some things better.

[Truckergrove]

Disounted Microsoft Office

ZH875 has it pretty well explained, my wife got our Office 2007 as she works for the NHS. £17.50 I think is what she paid. The MoD should have the info for you to get yours.

Yours Truckergrove

[knowitall]

you can get the full version of star office (upon which open office is based) from google for nowt, along with other stuff

http://pack.google.com/intl/en-gb/pa...paign=en_gb_UK


just un tick the stuff you dont want

[Jimlad1]

I've done it and its very efficient. Ordered the product and it turned up within about 10 days, so well worth doing.

[HH60Guy]

Microsoft Home Use Program

The program does exist... you need to search for the "Home Use Program"

Not sure if you can start the process as an individual, or if it must go through the MoD or DoD...

You need to get a "program code" which you eMail into MS from your 'official' eMail only. MS will then answer you back with a link to a web page where you can purchase Office for about 10 pounds!

Cheers!

[SirToppamHat]

Ordered the 2007 version myself the other day - the Web Site was back up and running (see my previous post). £17.31 inclusive for Office Pro full version (ie not an upgrade or OEM.

The service is provided by Software Box Limited (hence SBL). Did I mention you have to order it on the Mil Network? There is no actual involvement from anyone else - if you have a mil email address they send you apply for a PIN on the website and they send it to you at your Mil EMail (RAF Mail, DII, BSA or whatever) and you can then log-in.

If you have problems logging in, check with your IT people that your system is OK, and if all else fails, give the nice ladies a ring on the number I put in my last post.

You should get a genuine DVD in a padded envelope.

STH

[Tonkenna]

Got mine a month a go... one of the very very few perks left eehhh

Works fine though

Tonks

[Pontius Navigator]

Although I have the full Office 2007 Suite I confess I don't use the full suite and still use WordPerfect for documents but there are features I use all the time.

First and foremost has to be Outlook. This is an excellent iteration, well laid out, quite colourful, and a delight to search.

Next I use Search Desktop. This is an indexing system that enables you to search either desktop or web.

Then there is a program called One Note. This is supposedly an intuitive program and superior to Notepad. When I say intuitive is would be to someone who did know computing <g>.

You open it. You do not save anything, it does that itself. It opens pages as required. It blocks things. You can move lines and words or whatever in much the same way as you move a picture in word. I am still toying with it.

Then just having got a new PDA, it offers One Note for Mobiles.

I have to say the software is now getting well ahead of my abilities

[ZH875]

I liked Office 2007 that much, I uninstalled it and put Office 2003 back on.

I too, still occasionally use WordPerfect V5 but I wish I still had WordPerfect V4.2 for DOS.