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September 2016

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1. Free MS Office 365 ProPlus License for Students and Staff

2. New Apps are Available for Staff iPad (Staff Only)

3. Smart Tips for Using the Printing Service (Student Only)

4. Name Change of Microsoft Dreamspark

1. Free MS Office 365 ProPlus License for Students and Staff



Office 365 ProPlus enables current students and staff to install the latest version of MS Office on their PC/Mac, tablet or smart phone for free. Each student and staff can install Office on up to 5 PCs/ Macs, 5 tablets (iPad, and Android) or smart phones.


Software available for installation include:

For Windows

For Mac OS

For the detail installation guide, please login CPCE Portal and refer to the 'Office 365 OWA User Guide'.

Collaborate on a Project Between Members in the Group



  • Create documents and collaborate online (OneDrive for Business)
    • Co-authoring and versioning
    • Use Office Online to review and modify documents, PowerPoint by the members concurrently
  • Online meeting (Skype for Business)
  • Create a plan, build a team, assign tasks, and update status—in a few easy steps. (Planner)
  • Share calendars and schedule meetings (Calendar)

Create and Share Interactive Reports, Presentations, and More
Sway makes it quick and easy to create and share polished, interactive reports, presentations, personal stories, and more. Add your content, and we'll do the rest.

Organize your course content
  • Organize your lesson plans and course content in your own digital notebook.
  • Keep everything in a OneNote Class Notebook, and use its powerful search to find what you're looking for, even text in pictures or handwriting.
  • Your notebooks are saved automatically and can be viewed from any devices, online or offline.

Click here to login your email account, click the top left icon to access those features.




In order to find out more about the benefits of Office 365, please refer to the Microsoft Office Training Center.


You may consider to buy the Microsoft Software License when you graduate or leave CPCE if you want to keep using the software afterwards.

2. New Apps are Available for Staff iPad (Staff Only)

There is a new batch of suggested App available for Staff iPad. Colleagues can access App list and download via "Self-Service" App in Staff iPad. This batch includes some famous apps like VLC player, Skype for Business and App for new initiative, like Poll Everywhere. Staff may select and download the apps for your use.

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3. Smart Tips for using the printing service (Student Only)

Tips 1: Submit and collect your print job in non-peak hours

According to our analysis and observation, the peak hours on weekdays (Mon to Fri) are from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Submit and collect your print jobs before 10:00am or after 4:00pm on weekdays can greatly save your time for queueing.



Tips 2: Choose a relatively low utilization printer when collecting your print job

Here is the utilization rate of printers for your reference

Lowest Usage HHB Campus WK Campus
Printer Name Floor Printer Name Floor
1st Printer_H_LIB 10/F (CLIB) Printer_7 S 9/F
2nd Printer_H8 11/F (SCC) Printer_10 5/F (SCC)
3rd Printer_H5 6/F Printer_6 N 7/F
4th Printer_H7 11/F (SCC) Printer_8 S 9/F
5th Printer_H9 11/F (SCC) Printer_5 N 7/F
SCC: Student Computer Centre   CLIB: CPCE Libraries

From the table, the printers in Student Computer Centre and library in HHB, and the printers on N7/F and S9/F in WK are with relatively low utilization rate. Be a smart user, you are encouraged to do printing in these printers or during non-peak hours.

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4. Name Change of Microsoft Dreamspark

As is informed by Microsoft, their portal for student software provision, Microsoft Dreamspark, changes this name to Microsoft Imagine. Student can access Microsoft Imagine via http://imagine.microsoft.com

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