Q:	What is Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office?
A:	Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office is a desktop application that runs on top of Microsoft Office to give students and educators a custom Office environment with tools to help them work to their full potential.

Q:	What version of Office do I need to use Learning Essentials?
A:	Learning Essentials runs with any edition of Office 2007, Office 2003 or Office XP.

Q:	Can Learning Essentials be customized to my school?
A:	Yes. Schools can customize Learning Essentials in several ways, including: Add, delete or reorder categories or subject areas in the Student Center or Teacher Center Add documents or links to template collections Create original templates, project assistance and tutorials with the Content Development Kit for Learning Essentials

Q:	How do I get the Content Development Kit?
A:	The Content Development Kit is integrated with the initial Learning Essentials download from the Microsoft Download Center.

Q:	The new Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2007 product includes Learning Essentials for Office. How is this different?
A:	Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2007 provides homework tools and resources for students. Because students use Office to complete many homework assignments, Microsoft Student includes the student tools available in Learning Essentials. It does not include the educator tools. Microsoft Student enables students to have the same Office tools at home that they have access to at school through Learning Essentials.

Q:	Who is eligible to receive Learning Essentials?
A:	Learning Essentials is an Office product benefit for Microsoft Academic Volume License customers. Academic customers who have or acquire volume licenses for Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2003 or Office XP, Standard or Professional editions, under Academic Open, Academic Select, Campus Agreement or School Agreement are licensed to use Learning Essentials at no additional cost. This includes schools, higher education institutions, and public libraries.

Q:	How do Academic customers get Learning Essentials?
A:	Schools can get Learning Essentials media in one of three ways: Download from the Download Center Download from Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Install from Office with Learning Essentials CD media included in their Licensing kit or orderable from their Authorized Education Reseller

Q:	Can schools make copies of Learning Essentials?
A:	Yes. Schools can reproduce copies of the Learning Essentials media for distribution within their school district as long as they do not make more copies than they have Office licenses.

Q:	Is Learning Essentials available in other languages?
A:	Learning Essentials is localized in North American and International English, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Additional languages may be added. The localized versions are not translations of the English version, but fully localized with content from local publishers and content providers.

Q:	Is Learning Essentials available to students through Student Option or Student Select?
A:	No. Learning Essentials is specially developed for academic institutions use. The Student version of Learning Essentials is available to students through Microsoft Student, which is available through Student Option or Student Select or at retail.

Q:	Can Learning Essentials be installed over a network?
A:	Yes. Learning Essentials can be installed from a shared folder on a network or from a command-line prompt. Smaller network-based installation reduces the time and system requirements needed to install Learning Essentials.

Q:	Does Learning Essentials work with SharePoint?
A:	Yes. Integration with SharePoint Portal Server enables schools to manage and update their Learning Essentials content and table of contents centrally rather than on individual desktops.

Q:	Can I create SCORM-compliant learning resources with Learning Essentials?
A:	Yes. With a few mouse clicks, SCORM Tools convert standard Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents into e-learning objects to conform to Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) 1.2 and 2004 content authoring standards. SCORM compliance allows educators to easily categorize, share, search and use e-learning resources with any standards-based learning management system.