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| Thread ID: 129386 | 2013-02-21 06:31:00 | So many different versions of Microsoft Office! | pine-o-cleen (2955) | PC World Chat |
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| 1329346 | 2013-02-21 06:31:00 | My sister in law has decided to buy a new laptop, and it comes with Microsoft Office Starter. She needs Microsoft Office for her studies (studying accounting). Will starter do? What are the limitations? All I can find when googling is that it has 'limited functionality'. If she has to buy separately, what version does she need to buy? Why are there so many different versions!?!? :help: |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1329347 | 2013-02-21 06:34:00 | It doesn't have Outlook and I'm not sure if it has access either and it has an advertising bar down one side of the screen which you can't get rid of. Have a look at Kingsoft office looks just like MS office 03 (the free version) the paid version of Kingsoft looks like MS office 2010 so I'm told by I think Wainuitech. Home and student has the same Excel, Word etc and for accounting it's probably Excel she needs or any spreadsheeting program since they are all pretty much the same at what they do | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1329348 | 2013-02-21 06:36:00 | office.microsoft.com gives a good explanation of office starter. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1329349 | 2013-02-21 06:37:00 | I believe that Office Starter is a limited time trial. wrong its ad supported |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1329350 | 2013-02-21 06:38:00 | wrong its ad supported Yep - realised the mistake, original post fixed. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1329351 | 2013-02-21 06:57:00 | They may be required to use Word/Excel addins. If that is the case, I would recommend Office Home & Student 2010 (2013 is more expensive & the licence can't be transferred to another PC when you upgrade) | Greven (91) | ||
| 1329352 | 2013-02-21 07:50:00 | They're giving away more, in the sense that MS Access is now included in most editions, and they're taking away traditional priveledges, by removing the licence to install on a second machine (eg work and home), being only a single install on a single hardware platform. And they're also locking you into paid renewals... so it costs less, does more, installs once only, and will cost your with every subsequent Office release, and you can bet if the suckers pay, the new releases will come at very regular intervals. Info here: www.zdnet.com |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1329353 | 2013-02-21 07:57:00 | & the licence can't be transferred to another PC when you upgrade) The next version ( any) will not be allowed to be installed but once which is likely to drive even more people to alternatives. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1329354 | 2013-02-21 08:07:00 | Where is she studying her accounting? She may be able to get the university edition of Office 2013 for dirt cheap. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1329355 | 2013-02-21 08:20:00 | www.microsoftstore.com She may be able to get that, note it's a 4 year subscription, rather than outright purchase. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
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