COMDTINST 5234.5
APR 9 1996
was the offered SWIII standard software solution. After award, the Coast Guard negotiated a
Coast Guard-wide license for up to 24,000 copies of MS Office Professional for Windows
coupled with MS Exchange Mail. The license includes software upgrades (e.g. new version of
the word processing software) for the life of the contract.
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DISCUSSION. The first component of the SWIII desktop productivity suite is the office suite,
MS Office Professional for Windows which includes:
- Word (Word Processing)
- Excel (Spreadsheet)
- PowerPoint (Presentation Graphics)
- MS Access (End User DataBase)
- MS Exchange Mail (Electronic Mail), with Scheduler.
Commandant(G-SCC) will fund the registration fee for the right-to-use MS Office Professional
for Windows and MS Exchange Mail for all SWIII workstations, with the exception of those
for units approved for early migration who used their own funds to pay the registration fee. In
addition, owners of SWIII-compatible workstations will need to arrange with Commandant(G-
STC) to procure licenses for these computers.
The second component of the desktop productivity suite consists of the following individual
software applications:
- MS Project (Project Management)
- Micrografx Designer (Freehand Graphics)
- JetForm (Forms Access/Development)
Standard configurations of desktop productivity software for SWIII servers and workstations
are being developed. In addition, site surveys of a unit will be conducted to develop a unit's
migration order. Based on these considerations, Commandant(G-SCC) will fund and purchase
the individual licenses needed for each unit.
All desktop productivity suite products include on-line, end user assistance tools such as
"Help" and "Wizards" which address some aspects of end user training and provide quick
references to software features. All documentation will be provided on CD-ROM, with hard-
copy separately available on the contract.
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