Questions on Office 2003 Academic Licencing

[laman]

I purchased an academic verion of Office XP Professional during the
technology guarantee period and I was told that I am entitled for a
'Full Version' of Office 2003 Profession Academic version once
available.

Now I have received my package from Microsoft, a Office 2003
Professionl Upgrade, not a Full Version. Can anyone who knows more
about the upgrade option, tell me if this is what I should get.

Please don't bother to tell me that it is the same, as I can use the
upgrade package with my Office XP Prof package. Thanks.

In addition, it says in the Microsoft web site at
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp, 'The Student /
Teacher edition will include a 'home licence' provision which will
allow up to three PCs in the same household to use the software.'.
Now I have the Office 2003 Profession, though it is an academic
version, it is not named as Student / Teacher edition. Anyone know if
I can use it on 3 PCs in my house?

Thanks,
Antonio

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Antonio,

The upgrade product you received is what was covered in
the Technology Guarantee. You still have one licensed
copy of Office.
http://microsoft.com/office/howtobuy/techguarantee.mspx

You do not need to keep Office XP installed to
use Office 2003, you only need the Office XP CDs
available if you install Office 2003 upgrade
later where a previous version of Office is not
installed. Other than the installation validation
there is no difference between the upgrade and
non-upgrade packaged products.

The Office 2003 Student & Teacher's Edition has
a special 'family' license provision to allow
it to be installed on 3 devices. It's the only
package with that license. The license agreements
for the retail editions of Office 2003 are located here:
http://microsoft.com/office/eula/

Office 2003 Professional edition license allows
2 computers, one laptop and one desktop. Some folks
have mentioned that MS allowed two desktops when
they activated, but it's not something you could
count on


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I purchased an academic verion of Office XP Professional during the
technology guarantee period and I was told that I am entitled for a
'Full Version' of Office 2003 Profession Academic version once
available.

Now I have received my package from Microsoft, a Office 2003
Professionl Upgrade, not a Full Version. Can anyone who knows more
about the upgrade option, tell me if this is what I should get.

Please don't bother to tell me that it is the same, as I can use the
upgrade package with my Office XP Prof package. Thanks.

In addition, it says in the Microsoft web site at
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp, 'The Student /
Teacher edition will include a 'home licence' provision which will
allow up to three PCs in the same household to use the software.'.
Now I have the Office 2003 Profession, though it is an academic
version, it is not named as Student / Teacher edition. Anyone know if
I can use it on 3 PCs in my house?

Thanks,
Antonio >>
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I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

The Office 2003 System parts explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/preview/system.asp

MS on 'Why Office System 2003'
http://microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2003/10-13productivity.asp