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College bookstores to sport Microsoft education software on kiosks

August 25, 2003

REDMOND, Wash. --A half-million Microsoft OneNote 2003 beta trial CDs will be distributed to students and educators interested in starting the school year with a digital solution for note-taking, and 300 campus bookstores will have Tablet PC kiosks running Microsoft Office System applications including OneNote 2003.

Beginning this month through the end of 2003, students at more than 1,600 colleges nationwide will have the chance to see cutting-edge learning tools as Microsoft launches its latest outreach effort to the education community.

Microsoft Corp. announced special academic pricing for Office OneNote 2003, which will allow students and educators to obtain the academic edition full-packaged product at campus bookstores for $49 when it is released this October, according to a news release.

Educational institutions that have active campus and school agreements with Microsoft between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31, 2003, will have the opportunity to try out the new OneNote software at no charge until their contracts expire.

OneNote 2003 can be used on a desktop, laptop computer or Tablet PC, and offers features such as a flexible workspace for customized note-taking, audio note recording, and the ability to search through a semester's worth of notes with a click of a mouse, the release said.