MS Office Student and Home

[Proto]

£89 for discs and licence for three PCs looks very good value.

So, how does this differ from the standard version at £190 (licence for one desktop and 1 laptop)?

And what is to stop a small business using the Student and Home version?

Or to hell with it all and just go with Libre Office?

What to do?

 

[Oldspice]

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 software does not include Outlook. Customers who need Outlook should shop Office Home and Business or Office Professional 2010

The amount of computers you can use is different. I tried it and dumped it, prefer MS 2003 altough i have never had to pay.

Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
Only available via volume licensing
Includes:

• Microsoft Word2010
• Microsoft Excel2010
• Microsoft Outlook2010 with Business Contact Manager
• Microsoft PowerPoint2010
• Microsoft OneNote 2010 New addition to suite
• Microsoft Access2010
• Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010 New addition to suite
• Microsoft InfoPath201
• Microsoft Publisher 2010
• Microsoft Office Web Apps New addition to suite
• Microsoft Lync 2010
• Integrated solution capabilities such as enterprise content management (ECM), electronic forms, and information rights and policy capabilities

Microsoft Office Standard 2010
Only available via volume licensing
Includes:

• Microsoft Word 2010
• Microsoft Excel 2010
• Microsoft Outlook 2010 with Business Contact Manager
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
• Microsoft OneNote 2010 New addition to suite
• Microsoft Publisher 2010 New addition to suite
• Microsoft Office Web Apps New addition to suite

Microsoft Office Professional 2010
Includes:

• Microsoft Word 2010
• Microsoft Excel 2010
• Microsoft Outlook 2010
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
• Microsoft OneNote 2010 New addition to suite
• Microsoft Access 2010
• Microsoft Publisher 2010

Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 New!
Includes:

• Microsoft Word 2010
• Microsoft Excel 2010
• Microsoft Outlook 2010
• MicrosoftPowerPoint 2010
• Microsoft OneNote 2010

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010
Licensed for non-commercial use
Includes:

• Microsoft Word 2010
• Microsoft Excel 2010
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
• Microsoft OneNote 2010

Microsoft Office University 2010* New!
Includes:

• Microsoft Word 2010
• Microsoft Excel 2010
• Microsoft Outlook 2010
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
• Microsoft OneNote 2010
• Microsoft Access 2010
• Microsoft Publisher 2010

Microsoft Office Starter 2010** New!
Includes:

• Microsoft Word Starter 2010***
• Microsoft Excel Starter 2010***

 

[Andrew_P]

If you get there fast you can get the full monty Office downloaded legally, as long as you do have a student!

from Software4students

 

[Acyclo]

It might be better to avoid getting locked into the Microsoft ecosystem by going with LibreOffice if you can.

I use it, and for what I do it's more than good enough. LibreOffice is completely free and has a large community. In the future, if you want to you can start using it on a GNU/Linux, FreeBSD or OSX system without a learning curve and with complete compatibility.

This has several advantages, security, stability and driver availability are arguably better at least on GNU/Linux, compared with Windows. Additionally, if you want to share files with someone else they can get the software instantly and free.

The drawbacks are a lack of perfect compatibility with MS Office files and a lack of familiarity to someone who has used MS Office for any length of time.

 

[Davidc]

I've been using LibreOffice for a long time. As Acyclo says there are some slight compatibility issues. Wouldn't go back.

 

[martint235]

What does "New Addition to Suite" mean? OneNote was in Office 2007 although obviously it was OneNote2007 rather than 2010. And what's happened to Groove?

 

[numbnuts]

I use openoffice and it is free
http://openoffice.soft32.com/free-download?gclid=CJ3u89Tlq7MCFQzKtAod0XEAmQ

 

[subaqua]

software for students is great .

 

[defy-one]

As an IT guru .... It's all free