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Microsoft Software

The Abbotsleigh Online Services Charge (OSC), includes at no additional cost the ability to supply on request a range of Microsoft products to participating families for installation on a home computer.

The OSC is mandatory for all students from Year 5 to Year 12. Parents of students from Kindergarten to Year 4 can also take advantage of the Microsoft offer (and Online Services)

The offer is only valid for families who have paid the OSC and during the time that there is a daughter at the school.

The software is distributed in CD format but without manuals or the packaging. The content of the CD is the same as if purchased from a retail outlet.

Whilst families are welcome to choose the full range of applications parents need to be aware that the installation of Windows 7 Professional will depend on the specifications of the computer and that some older peripheral devices such as printers, scanners etc are not supported by Windows 7. It is recommended that before attempting to install Windows 7 that parents investigate the support for these devices. Click here for more information

To take advantage of the Microsoft Software offer for your home computer: -

Please read through the following licence specifics agreement points (below)
Upon acceptance of these licence agreement points, complete and return the Microsoft Software Offer

Licence specifics:

Each student covered by the OSC, licences one computer at home. If you have two students at the school and both are covered by an OSC then you are entitled to two copies of the software, which will cover two computers at home.

If your daughter leaves the school then you must uninstall the software, or where available purchase the ’buy-out’ option.

The Microsoft 7 Professional offer is an upgrade licence and can only be legally installed on machines with a pre-existing 32-bit or 64-bit operating system (Windows 95 and above). In signing this agreement, you are certifying that the software will be installed only on a computer with a valid copy of such an operating system.

Current Software available:

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) Operating System

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (32-bit) Operating System

*For more information on the differences between the 32 and 64 bit versions, please visit the Microsoft FAQ page at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/32-bit-64-bit-faq.aspx

To check whether or not your computer can is 64-bit capable, please visit http://www.abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au/oscheck/. If in doubt, choose the 32-bit version.

Microsoft Office 2007 (This includes Access, Communicator, Excel, Infopath, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Publisher).

Microsoft Office 2008 for Macintosh

Microsoft Visio Pro 2007 (for senior Design and Technology students and Computing Studies students only)

Parents are reminded that the School is unable to provide technical support for these applications and it is advisable for parents to research system requirements for each application.

Click here for the Microsoft Software Offer Form

For enquiries about this offer please email Warwick Noble, Director of Technology – noblew@abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au