"Office" help please

intel

scheming_gypsy wrote:

ooops... me and my mucky mind as usual..

or is it just me that sends that kind of pm's?

Just you I think......

RACHIE77

Do you or anyone who lives with you work for the NHS by any chance??

The NHS has a licensing deal with Microsoft where employess can have office for free, you just need to pay £17.50 postage or something?? I am googling trying to find the correct info but I can't find owt at the mo but basically the way I thought it worked was that as an employee I have a license for the software, as I can only use it in one place at one time, either at work or at home, I am covered either place....

Anyone who doesn't work for the NHS wont get to benefit from this deal tho, as you need to get authority from your NHS employer IT department....

I will keep googling for the correct info....

intel

My Sister-in-Law works for the NHS so Im gonna ask her to look into this aswell.

Thanks for kicking my brain into gear.... :beer:

RACHIE77

Look here for a rather long winded article for the agreement that Microsoft have with the NHS.... http://download.microsoft.com/documents/uk/government/NHSLicensingFAQs.pdf

and here (http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/sa/benefits/home_use_rights.mspx) to find out how people benefit of MS products as part of their 'Home Use' program... as far as I know this is the scheme that i am talking about that the NHS is part of....??

I have more info at work (NHS) but will not be back there until next week so PM me or post on here if you get stuck and need more info!

RACHIE77

Additional Info:

The Home Use Program helps to increase employee productivity and maximize the value of your Microsoft Office System investment by enabling your employees to work at home. The Home Use Program enables eligible employees to get a licensed copy of most Microsoft Office desktop applications to install and use on a home computer.

Eligible employees for each application include users of licensed copies of that
application with active Software Assurance under the enrolment. Eligible employees can order online at the Microsoft HUP web site. In order to access this web site, your employees must use the unique program code provided for your organization.

In relation to employee liability for the software - it rests entirely with the user - so should they leave the NHS then they are required as per the terms and conditions on the web site to uninstall and return to their Trust.

Subject to your understanding of the details of the programme Microsoft, on behalf of PASA will give you details of how to communicate, obtain and manage this benefit within your organisation, and send you your programme code.

If you are responding as (or on behalf of) an individual within an organisation, such as a GP Practice you may wish to forward this to your IM&T or procurement department at PCT level for actioning. These sorts of requests can create a duplication of effort on both parts - and you may already be on the system, as PCTs register GP domains within their regions.

You will need to ensure you have an appropriate level of control to ensure that this is communicated appropriately and you have the facility to respond to questions and where necessary advise on support options. Due to the nature of the offer, issues regarding returns, payment and shipping need to be handled via the online tool, and Microsoft cannot respond to these queries.

If you have any questions about the nature of the programme, or anything not covered here – please email brianpa@microsoft.com

lennard01

Like a lot of other people I have to recommend Open Office - a fantastic peice of free software (I know the sound of free software can scare people off, but the latest release is very good).

It can open all the latest 'Office' version of files (so you can open the powerpoint presentations etc.), and should give you all the functionality required to do any letters or posters you want to do. If you want to share fiels with other people you will need to save the file in a suitable format (ie Microsoft word) if the receiver doesnt also have Open Office, but this isnt complicated at all (honest!), and if you do need help with that, their is always lots of us to help you out!

It is a large file to download, but the easiest way to get it is to buy one of the computer mags such as PC Pro or Computer Shopper, which should have it on the cover disc (the DVD version of Computer Shopper Feb 06 edition def had verision 2 which you would want).

If you are used to Microsoft Office it is a bit different, but don't worry it is easy to get used to, and like I said earlier if you do need help, their is plenty of help available on here!

I have to admit though I am very biased toward using the free Open Office instead of paying Microsoft!

b.t.w thanks to everyone who posted about the NHS discount - not any help to me but I know somebody at work who is married to a doctor, and that could be very useful to him!

trisontana

You can buy an OpenOffice CD from a company called 8daysaweek ( https://www.8daysaweek.co.uk ) It will cost £8.99 including postage, but the CD does come with plenty of other programs , including clip-art and (to quote their web-site) " Mozilla Firefox (Internet browser), Mozilla Thunderbird (Email client), The GIMP (for image manipulation) and much more high quality Open Source Software"

I have bought this CD from them and am very pleased with the result. You get the disk in a couple of days and once you have bought something from them you will get a discount on other items. The CD avoids a very long download.

intel

trisontana wrote:

You can buy an OpenOffice CD from a company called 8daysaweek ( https://www.8daysaweek.co.uk ) It will cost £8.99 including postage, but the CD does come with plenty of other programs , including clip-art and (to quote their web-site) " Mozilla Firefox (Internet browser), Mozilla Thunderbird (Email client), The GIMP (for image manipulation) and much more high quality Open Source Software"

I have bought this CD from them and am very pleased with the result. You get the disk in a couple of days and once you have bought something from them you will get a discount on other items. The CD avoids a very long download.

Mmmm all thats free anyway so that site is a bit of a rip off just download
all of the above and plenty more then burn a CD.... Much Cheaper as its Free.

Fifer

I have bought this CD from them and am very pleased with the result. You get the disk in a couple of days and once you have bought something from them you will get a discount on other items. The CD avoids a very long download.

It's quite a quick download if you have broadband and you are guaranteed to get the most up-to-date version. The CD is only a good idea if you only have dial-up and cannot ask a friend with broadband to download it for you.

trisontana

Fifer wrote:

It's quite a quick download if you have broadband and you are guaranteed to get the most up-to-date version. The CD is only a good idea if you only have dial-up and cannot ask a friend with broadband to download it for you.

I am on dial-up , that's why I bought the disk.