StarOffice 8 Office Suite
StarOffice 8 Office Suite - No-Cost Licensing For Education and Research The StarOffice 8 office suite is the smart choice for education and research institutions. It allows you to save money, pick your platform and work smarter. StarOffice 8 is a feature-rich, full-function productivity suite that includes powerful and integrated word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database capabilities. As part of Sun's ongoing commitment to education, Sun Microsystems provides licenses for StarOffice 8 at no-cost to education and research institutions. StarOffice 8 delivers exceptional cross-platform compatibility with enhanced support for the Solaris Operating Environment, Linux, and Microsoft Windows, and is designed to suit all your academic and administrative needs.
StarOffice 8 Features and Benefits Enhanced usability, compatibility, interoperability, new XML File Format, and more developer features and tools all combine to make StarOffice 8 the best office suite value by far. » More
StarOffice 8 Education Licensing Academic and Research institutions, including Primary and Secondary (K12) Schools, 2-and 4-year Colleges, and Universities, are eligible for a no-cost license of StarOffice 8. All you have to do to obtain the StarOffice 8 Software License and Entitlement is purchase at least one StarOffice 8 Enterprise Media Kit or download the software and click thru the license agreement on the Sun Software Download Center as described below. The StarOffice 8 Software License and Entitlement gives your Educational Institution the ability to make StarOffice available for internal use. This means that your enrolled students, faculty, and staff may use the software on computers that you own, operate, or maintain direct control over. The StarOffice 8 Software License and Entitlement also grants permission for your institution to replicate StarOffice and distribute it to your constituents for their personal use. Review a copy of the full text of the StarOffice Software License Agreement and Entitlement or StarSuite Software License Agreement and Entitlement.
How to Get StarOffice 8 - Individuals If you are a student, researcher, staff, or faculty member you can download StarOffice 8 for free from Sun's Software Download Center. Login into the Sun Software Download Center by using your user name and password. If you do not have a user name or password for the Sun Software Download Center please register. How to get StarOffice 8 for your Institution - What's Available: Worldwide Free downloads: The quickest way for education institutional customers to download StarOffice and StarSuite for free. Additional purchase options exist for the United States: Sun is pleased to have entered into a strategic relationship with CCV Software to make StarOffice available to education customers in the U.S. Please visit the CCV Online Catalog after October 11, 2005 to purchase your StarOffice 8 Enterprise Edition Media Kit or by phone at (800) 541-6078 if you have any questions.
Free Training Resources The Sun Microsystems Foundation, Inc., has developed the StarOffice 8 Office Suite Tutorial for Kids and StarOffice 8 Office Suite Guides to enable novice and intermediate users make effective use of the features in StarOffice 8 including: Writer, Draw, Calc and Impress. These guides offer extensive hands-on activities as well as tips for using the software effectively. » More
Special Technical Support
StarOffice Development: OpenOffice.org Students, faculty and staff can access the StarOffice source code and help in the development of the next generation of StarOffice by becoming part of the OpenOffice.org community of developers. OpenOffice.org is the leading open-source project developing the most advanced multi-lingual and multi-platform office suite. It provides the base code for StarOffice and offers users a familiar work environment that can be customized to any user's needs and preferences.
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