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IDEA: By special arrangement, Chemistry Graduate students can get the full MS Office suite for $9.95 for use on the grad's personally-owned computerCurrently, as student, you can get Office 365 for $80 for 4 years, including version coverage. Available at the Campus Store on on-line, same price.

When you don't have to buy the software

MS Office can be installed for free on any Cornell "institution-owned" computer (Any , due to Cornell's license agreement with Microsoft. (A Cornell "institution-owned" computer is any computer purchased with any Cornell funds, or given to the University). University licensed software needs to be removed if the computer ownership is transferred.

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As a student, you can get Office 365 for $80 for 4 years (, including version coverage):

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Office 365 questions: Let us know if you find answers, please.

  • Fat-client installs for Mac and Windows?

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Historical note: The Campus store used to (recently!) sell Office (Office 2010) for $40. That's a big change in price!

Tentative idea, if

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possible: Buying the software

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for Chem grad's use

Work out a special arrangement in which Chemistry Graduate students can get the full MS Office suite for $9.95 for use on the grad's personally-owned computer. (Being worked on, Sept 2013.)

If employee-type grad students (not all CU grads, but all CCB grads) get staff access legally, this would be an option.

Here are the 2 steps the eligible Grad would have to take, if this use is approved:

1) Obtain the Microsoft Home Use Program Code.

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