Is Trial Student-Teacher Edition compatible with Pro Upgrade?

[H. Ross]

I am a little nervous that I may have made a mistake... I have a new laptop
that came preinstalled with the 60-day Student-Teacher Trial version of
Office on it (Word, Excel, Outlook & PPT). Before activating the Trial, the
software let me know that I could upgrade to the Standard version if I am not
a student nor a teacher (which I am not). I also knew that I wanted to
upgrade to the full Professional version so that I could also use Access.
Wanting to be completely honest and legal about it, I went to the store and
bought an Office 2003 Professional Upgrade version of the software in the
box. I have not opened the actual box that the Pro Upgrade came in yet (just
the plastic security box outside of the packaging), but I suddenly got a
sinking feeling that the Trial version I have may not be eligible for the
upgrade to Pro edition. I thought I was doing the right thing by buying the
Pro Upgrade instead of the Standard Upgrade. Before I break the seal on the
retail box, can someone let me know if this is going to work or not? And if
not, what are my options? Does the Student-Teacher Trial get me anywhere as
far as upgrades go?
Thanks.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Sorry, the Student-Teacher trial is worthless towards upgrades.
But many computers nowadays come with Microsoft Works
preinstalled on the hard drive by the computer manufacturer, and
Microsoft Works IS a qualifying product for upgrade to Office
2003 Professional. See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/professional.mspx
for other qualifying products.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

As you've heard, you can't do an upgrade from the Students and Teachers
edition. What you wanted to do was to purchase a full version of another
edition - Professional. You're going to have to spend about $499 US for it.

 

[Hai-Wen]

Thank you for your answer.

I have Office 2003 student version, and now, I get a Office 2003
Professional version. When I install the Pro version on my laptop, will I
lose the information I save in Student version? How about Outlook Express? Do
you happen to know will I lose newsgroup info there?

Thanks

Hai-Wen

As you've heard, you can't do an upgrade from the Students and Teachers
edition. What you wanted to do was to purchase a full version of another
edition - Professional. You're going to have to spend about $499 US for it.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I am a little nervous that I may have made a mistake... I have a new laptop
that came preinstalled with the 60-day Student-Teacher Trial version of
Office on it (Word, Excel, Outlook & PPT). Before activating the Trial,
the
software let me know that I could upgrade to the Standard version if I am
not
a student nor a teacher (which I am not). I also knew that I wanted to
upgrade to the full Professional version so that I could also use Access.
Wanting to be completely honest and legal about it, I went to the store
and
bought an Office 2003 Professional Upgrade version of the software in the
box. I have not opened the actual box that the Pro Upgrade came in yet
(just
the plastic security box outside of the packaging), but I suddenly got a
sinking feeling that the Trial version I have may not be eligible for the
upgrade to Pro edition. I thought I was doing the right thing by buying
the
Pro Upgrade instead of the Standard Upgrade. Before I break the seal on
the
retail box, can someone let me know if this is going to work or not? And
if
not, what are my options? Does the Student-Teacher Trial get me anywhere
as
far as upgrades go?
Thanks.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

I have Outlook installed on my system but use Outlook Express. I don't think
you're going to have a problem there.

I'd STRONGLY recommend you back up all of your work/important files.
Uninstall Office S&T. And finally install Office Pro. If you dump one on top
of another you're asking for problems. It *could* work just fine - or it
could come back to haunt you. Err on the side of caution. Please?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thank you for your answer.

I have Office 2003 student version, and now, I get a Office 2003
Professional version. When I install the Pro version on my laptop, will I
lose the information I save in Student version? How about Outlook Express?
Do
you happen to know will I lose newsgroup info there?

Thanks

Hai-Wen

As you've heard, you can't do an upgrade from the Students and Teachers
edition. What you wanted to do was to purchase a full version of another
edition - Professional. You're going to have to spend about $499 US for
it.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I am a little nervous that I may have made a mistake... I have a new
laptop
that came preinstalled with the 60-day Student-Teacher Trial version of
Office on it (Word, Excel, Outlook & PPT). Before activating the
Trial,
the
software let me know that I could upgrade to the Standard version if I
am
not
a student nor a teacher (which I am not). I also knew that I wanted to
upgrade to the full Professional version so that I could also use
Access.
Wanting to be completely honest and legal about it, I went to the store
and
bought an Office 2003 Professional Upgrade version of the software in
the
box. I have not opened the actual box that the Pro Upgrade came in yet
(just
the plastic security box outside of the packaging), but I suddenly got
a
sinking feeling that the Trial version I have may not be eligible for
the
upgrade to Pro edition. I thought I was doing the right thing by buying
the
Pro Upgrade instead of the Standard Upgrade. Before I break the seal on
the
retail box, can someone let me know if this is going to work or not?
And
if
not, what are my options? Does the Student-Teacher Trial get me
anywhere
as
far as upgrades go?
Thanks.