I don't know what this says about Microsoft's sales of Office 2007, but the company is extending a promotion of its Ultimate Edition, rightly called the Ultimate Steal. Students and staff of academic institutions --at least in the US and UK, and I imagine elsewhere-- are elligible for a single copy of the program each (downloadable, with optional DVD) at the hard to believe price of $60!

I stress that this is not the academic version of the software, but the full blown professional package, including Word / Excel / Powerpoint / Outlook / Onenote / Access / Infopath / Groove / Publisher and Accounting Express, with no limitations of use whatsoever mentioned in the terms and conditions. Now I now why I witheld the CRIMP in me for so long and avoided registering OnNote.

Go here for affiliation with a UK academic institution:
http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-uk/default.aspx

Go here for affiliation with a US academic institution:
http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx

The offer is probably valid in other countries as well, but you might need to experiment a bit with the two-letter country code in the address above to find out.

Cheers
Alexander

Here's the Australian connection:
www.itsnotcheating.com.au

And the official Microsoft announcement is here:
www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/sep07/09-12UltimateStealPR.mspx

I took advantage of this for my daughter last year (no crimping!). Everything worked fine.

Jack