Microsoft Office Professional DVD
DVD with proprietary format recording of Microsoft Office suite software, reproducing data, spreadsheets, documents, and instructional interfaces interactively via computer. Users manipulate content through an ADP machine's processing capabilities. Meets 8523.49.40.00 for interactive machine-readable binary representations.
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If classified as game software
Specific provision for game instruction representations takes precedence over general interactive software.
If parts of ADP machines
Media integral to ADP machine function may classify as parts under Chapter 84 if not standalone.
If recorded on smartcards
Chapter note (b) places recorded smartcards with embedded ICs in a separate optical/non-optical category.
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