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Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office, a free program for schools, transforms familiar Office programs into customized tools for teaching and learning. Curriculum-based tutorials, templates, and project assistance from leading publishers help students and teachers to do their best work.

Through deep integration with Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, Learning Essentials helps students get started, stay organized, and successfully complete assignments. Teachers can easily create effective instructional resources, complete administrative tasks, and implement new teaching strategies.

Learning Essentials is a free download for schools that license Microsoft Office 2003 or Microsoft Office XP. A Learning Essentials Content Development Kit is also available to enable educational publishers and educators to create additional content for Learning Essentials.