Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008 is a productivity suite of homework tools and trusted information designed to help students complete assignments in a variety of subjects quickly and easily. Whether it's a math, research or a foreign language assignment, Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008 is an all-in one homework assistant that helps students easily find the right tools and information to get a jumpstart on homework, solve problems more quickly and complete assignments that can lead to higher grades.

This comprehensive software package is designed to help students in math (basic math, through trigonometry), science, history, foreign language and social studies. Students from middle-school to entry-level college students can benefit from the resources in Student.

This suite is designed to enhance students' productivity by providing a suite of homework tools and trusted information so students can complete assignments quickly and easily.  It is  a productivity suite of homework tools and trusted information to help students complete assignments quickly and easily and excel in school. The Learning Essentials for Students feature in Microsoft Student integrates with Microsoft Office to provide a student centric user-interface for Office applications and works with all versions (Office 2007, Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007) including Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition

• 60,000+  Encyclopedia Articles
• 25,000+  Photos and Illustrations
• 800+  Videos and Interactivities
• 3,000+ Sound and Music Clips
• 1.8 m Map Locations
• Encarta Premium 2008 - An encyclopedia you can trust
• Learning Essentials - Complete with pre-formatted templates and tutorials designed for Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office sold separately)
• Microsoft Math - Provides step-by-step help with math homework

Encarta Premium 2008

Students can find the information they are looking for quickly and easily with Encarta Premium 2008.  With trusted content that's accurate and up-to-date, Encarta has been the number one selling encyclopedia software brand for the past eight years.  You will be amazed at how much time your student will spend researching - compelled by the sights and sounds of one fascinating presentation after another.

Students can easily and quickly access trust information provided by world experts.  And since they can automatically download updates form the Encarta Web site, they will have up to date and accurate reference software when they need it (Internet required).




Microsoft Math

Microsoft Math features a large collection of tools, tutorials, and instructions designed to help students learn mathematical concepts while quickly solving math problems.  In an instant, they will see how to solve problems - step-by-step.  Works for many grade levels from basic math, pre-algebra, algebra (including logarithms and exponents) to trigonometry!

Need advanced help?  A full featured graphing calculator that is simple to learn and use (similar to those costing more than $100!) helps visualize and solve math and science problems.

Triangle Solver and Equation Library.  Interact with a library of more than 100 equations and explore the relationships of triangles and their parts while viewing associated rules or graphs.

Equation Solver.  Enter a problem into the Equation Solver and get step-by-step help on how to solve it.




Templates and Tutorials

Having trouble getting started on class projects?  Sometimes the hardest part about completing a project is getting started.  Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008 includes the latest version of Learning Essentials.

Working with Microsoft Office Word, Office PowerPoint, and Office Excel (in either Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, or the 2007 Microsoft Office system, sold separately), Learning Essentials helps students achieve better grades.  Step-by-step writing tips and preformatted report and presentation templates give students a quick start in creating great-looking reports and presentations.

Get past the blank page.  Easy to use tools, templates, and tutorials help students get past formatting questions to the core learning in assignments.  Learning Essentials includes tips and tutorials for managing projects and creating high quality reports, presentations, science projects, and other assignments.




Foreign Language

A full-featured dictionary helps translate and conjugate verbs in Spanish, French, German, and Italian.  Learning Essentials also unlocks tools in Microsoft Office that are specially designed for foreign language study, providing templates and tools for completing assignments in Spanish, French, and German.




Literature

Need to know more about that literary story?  Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008 includes more than 1,000 book summaries that help students understand some of the most commonly studied literary works form middle school to college level.