Microsoft Office

flyer

I'm sure I saw a thread about NHS workers getting Microsoft Office substantially discounted but I can't find it now. Anyone remember it??

shrek101

Could very well be. I know the other week NHS did a deal with M$ to supply office in NHS.

BritBrat

This may help:

http://www.nhsia.nhs.uk/def/pages/inform/informish18/p6.asp

billchapman

Hmmmm......firstly someone in the your IM&T department will need to apply to be part of the scheme - I don't know what the take up has been.

NB It is my understanding that Microsoft will issue your IM&T department with a list of people who have taken up the offer - the responsibility then rests with the trust (or NHS employing body) to ensure that if the member of staff leaves, Microsoft are informed and the license revoked online (depends on how sharp your IM&T and HR departments are).

Unless you are an NHS employee (e.g. band-aid bunny, basket-weaver ), it is probably not worth getting excited by it as they seem to have covered all the loopholes.


PS It costs £17, comes in a really crappy dvd box with a black and white insert and takes about two weeks to turn up.

Noobie_2

Seems OpenOffice is as good and less expensive.........

sra

I think this might be the thread you're looking for

(reply 15, 24...)

flyer

Thanks for that SRA555. I am interested in Open Office but I use Outlook a lot. Open Office doesn't have such a feature.

crossleydd42

Easyoffice, which is freeware, ans is another MS Office clone, does have 'Easymail' built in.

Go to http://www.e-press.com/downloads_comparison.asp

newfoundglory

BritBrat wrote:

This may help:

http://www.nhsia.nhs.uk/def/pages/inform/informish18/p6.asp

That is a VERY good deal. It seems that in fact MS office is *free* to NHS workers... (although you could argue whether £17 is a fair reflection of postage/packaging costs)...

Looks like the NHS and MS are allowing you to do the equivalent of using the NHS' corporate volume license key(s) for office at home... Most large educational institutions (universities, colleges and schools) and large businesses and corporations are issued with volume license keys by Microsoft so they dont have to "activate" the software via web and phone. Usually its not legal to use volume license keys at home, but it seems the NHS/MS have a special arrangement here...