Microsoft Office for Students

[Amy]

We have Office 2000 Small Business on our computer at home - Word, Excel, Publisher, Outlook only. DS needs PowerPoint for stuff he's doing at school, we looked into buying PowerPoint alone or upgrading to another version of Office that included PowerPoint and it cost something like $300-$400.

Then I saw Office XP for Students/Teachers for $129 at Office Max. It says it's the "full" versions of Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, an affordable price specifically for students, and when you graduate from college you're supposed to stop using it (like they're going to know?).

Anyway, when there's a deal this good I'm skeptical. I bought it, but I haven't installed it yet. Do any of you have Office for Students? Are they really the full versions of the programs? And if I install it, will it keep all the templates that I created in Word 2000, or will I have to re-create them?

And does it install/overwrite "office" as a whole? Since we have Publisher as part of Office 2000, and Office for Students doesn't include Publisher, will Publisher be deleted or will it leave it alone? Does that make sense? Can you tell I know just enough computer stuff to get myself in trouble?! But if the worst happens, we still have our Office 2000 disks.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[Wendy_Darling_2001]

Hi Amy,

I am a college student and have bought several "student" software packages, including some Microsoft software from www.academicsuperstore.com. They were the full versions but less than half the price! I wish I would have discovered these versions earlier in my college career! I don't think you will have problem with your student version. If it was less than the full version, I am sure it would say so on the package.

Wendy

 

[Amy]

Thanks for the reassurance, Wendy!

Anyone else???

 

[antnee]

you should uninstall ofice 2000 and after installing the new versions re-install just publisher from the Office 2000 cd's

 

[coqui]

It's the same exact thing except at a student price.

There is absolutely no difference. You just need a Student ID to purchase it (even to purchase it online)