[vik09]

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Professional Developer and Designer tools for students at no charge

[hochspeyer]

Being brave/foolhardy, I blew through all of the warnings and got to the site. I just sent them an email question about the eligibility of homeschoolers- I am hoping (somewhat against hope) for a positive response).

[Core]

Another choice would be using the ISIC card, that basically serves as an international confirmation of the student status.

[hochspeyer]

Core, on 14 Feb, 2009 - 11:41 AM, said:

Another choice would be using the ISIC card, that basically serves as an international confirmation of the student status.

Please explain. ISIC- I have never heard of this- what is it and how does one obtain it?

[BigAnt]

ISIC = International Student Identification Card ???

[red_4900]

NeoTifa, on 14 Feb, 2009 - 09:30 AM, said:

Why can't Microsoft Office 2007 be included I already took advantage of these

What can you learn by using MS Office?

[hochspeyer]

BigAnt, on 14 Feb, 2009 - 12:44 PM, said:

ISIC = International Student Identification Card ???

Right. I understand what "ISIC" means, but what is it? And, how does one get one?

This post has been edited by hochspeyer: 14 February 2009 - 02:13 PM

[Core]

ISIC is International Student Identity Card. You can find the information on how to apply here:

http://www.isic.org/...w_to_apply.html

[Kirth]

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send a high school transcript with personal information, that can be a proof that you are enrolled in that specific school.

*sigh* American crap.

[Core]

That is required to confirm your student status. As I mentioned, if you don't want to send the transcript and other information, just use the ISIC card. The final result is worth it.

[casingh]

This is nice, but it's only available to US and Canada......

About office, is Open office compatible with Office 2007?

[fuzzylunkinz]

casingh, on 16 Feb, 2009 - 08:25 AM, said:

This is nice, but it's only available to US and Canada......

About office, is Open office compatible with Office 2007?

I believe the latest version (3.0) is, yes. I've not tested it out myself, though.

[porcupine]

Thanks for sharing this offer. I think I'll take one of everything

I use OOo to open .docs all the time, although i don't have access to the most recent edition of Office. It has worked for me so far when I save my documents documents as Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) in Save As..

[KeithJ108]

NeoTifa, on 14 Feb, 2009 - 09:30 AM, said:

Why can't Microsoft Office 2007 be included I already took advantage of these

I'm sure it's been mentioned before but just in case you haven't heard of this:

The Ultimate Steal by Microsoft gives students a copy of office 2007 ultimate for $60/£40. It's not free but its a substantial discount. I'm not sure if it's available outside the US/UK.

You need a university email address to order.

[kyrotomia]

I would like to share my experience with DreamSpark. Maybe it may help some people out.

First, I attend a french cegep (kind of a college) in quebec, Canada. Obviously, my school wasn't listed on the school list and I do not own an ISIC. I simply sent an email to the support of dreamspark, and received an email within an hour with a personalized link that allowed me to verify as a student on dreamspark. I did not have to send any document, proof or whatever. I did this a year ago and since then, I'm always able to log in and download whatever is available through DreamSpark. Please note that dreamspark is bound to your Windows LIVE account.

I think this is a GREAT opportunity offered by Microsoft.

As for "The ultimate Steal", I could also use that offer using my "cegep" email.

P.S. For information, cegep here is between high school and University.

This post has been edited by kyrotomia: 17 February 2009 - 09:26 PM