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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: The_Nster on February 03, 2016, 11:16:03 pm

Title: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: The_Nster on February 03, 2016, 11:16:03 pm: I know that other uni's offer students discounted/free software. Like free office 365 for each year of studies, $30 office professional plus, $30 full win 10 pro, or the Adobe creative cloud suite for $13 per year etc. etc.

Do unimelb students get this?

(the above figures are what holmesglen offers their students by the way)
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: spectroscopy on February 04, 2016, 12:00:35 am: yea man i remember i needed microsoft word and shit and i just put in my uni email or something and i got it for free LOL
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: heart on February 04, 2016, 12:19:46 am: Should be here :)
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msaus/en_AU/cat/Student-amp-Faculty-offers/categoryID.70721600
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: mahler004 on February 04, 2016, 01:20:49 am: Adobe suite is standard student discount - $15 a month.
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: cameotodd on February 04, 2016, 01:48:10 am: Well I know for sure we get free Microsoft office (for up to 5 devices I think), not sure about other software tho...
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: Stevensmay on February 04, 2016, 08:23:56 am: Free Office at portal.office.com
Endnote X7 also free, as is Refworks.
Matlab is free.
Windows and other programming tools free.
Lucidcharts free.

There is other free software but it's quite specific.
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: The_Nster on February 04, 2016, 09:39:39 am: Quote from: Stevensmay on February 04, 2016, 08:23:56 am
Free Office at portal.office.com
Endnote X7 also free, as is Refworks.
Matlab is free.
Windows and other programming tools free.
Lucidcharts free.

There is other free software but it's quite specific.

Where do you go to get such software? (I'm looking at windows specifically)
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: The_Nster on February 04, 2016, 10:40:11 am: Ok guys, I think I found the place where unimelb students can get the discounted software!

See here: https://unimelb.onthehub.com/WebStore/ProductsByMajorVersionList.aspx?cmi_mnuMain=a898347d-bc38-dd11-abb7-0030485a6b08

Students only get windows 10 education free (which requires that you already have win 10 home/pro installed - so completely pointless for 99% of people), and some other random software

Staff of unimelb on the other hand get $30 Windows (10 education, 8.1 pro and 7pro), $30 office professional plus (2016,2013,2010), the adobe creative cloud suite for $13 per year, as well as some other random software.
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: literally lauren on February 04, 2016, 10:57:05 am: If you're just looking for the basic Word/Ppt/Excel etc. products then you can use this: https://products.office.com/en-AU/student. That doesn't cover some of the other stuff others have mentioned, but I remember bookmarking this because it worked fine for me :)
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: Stevensmay on February 04, 2016, 11:50:42 am: Quote from: The_Nster on February 04, 2016, 10:40:11 am
Ok guys, I think I found the place where unimelb students can get the discounted software!

See here: https://unimelb.onthehub.com/WebStore/ProductsByMajorVersionList.aspx?cmi_mnuMain=a898347d-bc38-dd11-abb7-0030485a6b08

Students only get windows 10 education free (which requires that you already have win 10 home/pro installed - so completely pointless for 99% of people), and some other random software

Staff of unimelb on the other hand get $30 Windows (10 education, 8.1 pro and 7pro), $30 office professional plus (2016,2013,2010), the adobe creative cloud suite for $13 per year, as well as some other random software.

I will reply in full later but this isn't exactly accurate.
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: Captain Rascal on February 06, 2016, 12:35:51 am: Quote from: Stevensmay on February 04, 2016, 08:23:56 am
Free Office at portal.office.com
Endnote X7 also free, as is Refworks.
Matlab is free.
Windows and other programming tools free.
Lucidcharts free.

There is other free software but it's quite specific.

Free Matlab? do you have a link?
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: Stevensmay on February 06, 2016, 10:25:15 am: Quote from: Captain Rascal on February 06, 2016, 12:35:51 am
Free Matlab? do you have a link?

MATLAB: https://github.com/resbaz/lessons/blob/master/matlab/unimelb_matlab_install.md

Quote from: The_Nster on February 04, 2016, 10:40:11 am
Students only get windows 10 education free (which requires that you already have win 10 home/pro installed - so completely pointless for 99% of people), and some other random software

Students get Windows 10 education edition for free, regardless of what they already have installed. https://unimelb.onthehub.com/WebStore/OfferingDetails.aspx?o=40f9cc62-6445-e511-940f-b8ca3a5db7a1 Or just unimelb.onthehub.com should do it. Make sure to press Student.

Office Professional Plus can be downloaded from portal.office.com, sign in using your student email.
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: bj090044 on February 06, 2016, 10:26:01 am: is it possible to get mintab for free?
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: Stevensmay on February 06, 2016, 10:35:03 am: Quote from: bj090044 on February 06, 2016, 10:26:01 am
is it possible to get mintab for free?

Yes, http://www.it.ms.unimelb.edu.au/software/ . You will need to be at Uni to access this page, or connected through the VPN.
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: zsteve on February 06, 2016, 03:05:53 pm: For some reason I have access to MS Office ProPlus with 10 installs available... or am I kidding myself? :P
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: Orb on February 06, 2016, 03:06:42 pm: Quote from: zsteve on February 06, 2016, 03:05:53 pm
For some reason I have access to MS Office ProPlus with 10 installs available... or am I kidding myself? :P

Link me steve :D
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: Stevensmay on February 06, 2016, 03:17:12 pm: Quote from: hamo94 on February 06, 2016, 03:06:42 pm
Link me steve :D

The link has been posted about 4-5 times in this thread already.

portal.office.com

Sign in using student email address, click in password box. It will redirect you to unimelb themed login page. Enter password. Go to next page, press Install.
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: Orb on February 06, 2016, 03:50:13 pm: Quote from: Stevensmay on February 06, 2016, 03:17:12 pm
The link has been posted about 4-5 times in this thread already.

portal.office.com

Sign in using student email address, click in password box. It will redirect you to unimelb themed login page. Enter password. Go to next page, press Install.

I get two installs though???!??!
Title: Re: Do students get discounted software (e.g. MS office, the Adobe suite etc.)?
Post by: Stevensmay on February 06, 2016, 04:54:06 pm: Quote from: hamo94 on February 06, 2016, 03:50:13 pm
I get two installs though???!??!

If you press on your name in the top right hand corner and then press My Account, how many Detected Installs is coming up?
From memory the official number of installs is 5 for a computer, 5 for tablet and 5 for a mobile device. There was an issue awhile back where it was showing up as 10 for some people, this was incorrect.