Student and Teachers Edition Requirement

[Scott]

I'm confused here. Except for the price they both seem
to be the same product. What do I have to provide
Microsoft in order to use the Student and Teachers
edition?

I've heard from salespeople and people on this newsgroup
in other posts, nothing is required. If all your doing
is using the product for home use, which I am, spend half
the price and get the Student & Teacher edition.

I'm currently using the Standard Office XP, but I was
using the Beta version and I really like Outlook. I was
thinking of just upgrading Outlook, but for $40 more I
could get the Student & Teachers edition. Before I spend
$150 on that I need to know what I need to provide
Microsoft to prove that I am eligible for this product.
The stores aren't requiring proof, they even sell it at
Target.

Thanks in advance

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Do you have kids in school or are a teacher? Then you qualify. You can not
use it for any commercial work, only personal use.

Since you own office xp, what is the price difference between office 2003
upgrade an the student edition? The Student edition does not qualify for
future upgrades and you might be better off getting the upgrade now, which
will qualify for upgrades in the future. (Amazon has student for $129,
upgrade for 214. Other sites might be cheaper on the upgrade.)

BTW - you're better off upgrading the entire suite, not just Outlook. You'll
be much happier with it and have fewer problems.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, Visual Quick Start Guide - OneNote 2003


http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com
Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes, but with the STE you get three installations (presumably for a student
at home- desktop, on a laptop, and at school -2nd desktop.) A pretty good
value.

And Microsoft does not require any proof of your eligibility, it is on an
honor system. Retailers may have a different policy but it is not enforced
by Microsoft.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted w/out
reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Diane Poremsky [MVP] <[email protected]> asked:

| Do you have kids in school or are a teacher? Then you qualify. You
| can not use it for any commercial work, only personal use.
|
| Since you own office xp, what is the price difference between office
| 2003 upgrade an the student edition? The Student edition does not
| qualify for future upgrades and you might be better off getting the
| upgrade now, which will qualify for upgrades in the future. (Amazon
| has student for $129, upgrade for 214. Other sites might be cheaper
| on the upgrade.)
|
| BTW - you're better off upgrading the entire suite, not just Outlook.
| You'll be much happier with it and have fewer problems.
|
| --
| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
| Coauthor, Visual Quick Start Guide - OneNote 2003
|
|
| http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com
| Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
|
| Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
| Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
|
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30
|
|
| || I'm confused here. Except for the price they both seem
|| to be the same product. What do I have to provide
|| Microsoft in order to use the Student and Teachers
|| edition?
||
|| I've heard from salespeople and people on this newsgroup
|| in other posts, nothing is required. If all your doing
|| is using the product for home use, which I am, spend half
|| the price and get the Student & Teacher edition.
||
|| I'm currently using the Standard Office XP, but I was
|| using the Beta version and I really like Outlook. I was
|| thinking of just upgrading Outlook, but for $40 more I
|| could get the Student & Teachers edition. Before I spend
|| $150 on that I need to know what I need to provide
|| Microsoft to prove that I am eligible for this product.
|| The stores aren't requiring proof, they even sell it at
|| Target.
||
|| Thanks in advance

 

[Scott]

The upgrade is still almost $100 more to buy than the
Student & Teacher edition. And as I stated it is
strictly for home use, not a commercial enterprise.
Therefore, except for the ability to upgrade again in the
future I don't see the benefit at this time to pay the
$239.00 for an upgrade as opposed to $149.00 for the
Student & Teacher Full Version. On future versions,
should the Student & Teacher version be offered at such a
low price and under the same circumstances I could stilll
buy that and still be pretty much ahead. If not, since I
still have the Office XP discs & codes, I would still be
able to get the upgrade at that time.

Yes, I would prefer to upgrade the whole suite as opposed
to just Outlook, even though there aren't many new
features in Excel, Powerpoint or Word that I need to
have.

-----Original Message-----
Do you have kids in school or are a teacher? Then you qualify. You can not
use it for any commercial work, only personal use.

Since you own office xp, what is the price difference between office 2003
upgrade an the student edition? The Student edition does not qualify for
future upgrades and you might be better off getting the upgrade now, which
will qualify for upgrades in the future. (Amazon has student for $129,
upgrade for 214. Other sites might be cheaper on the upgrade.)

BTW - you're better off upgrading the entire suite, not just Outlook. You'll
be much happier with it and have fewer problems.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, Visual Quick Start Guide - OneNote 2003


http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com
Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups? as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30

I'm confused here. Except for the price they both seem
to be the same product. What do I have to provide
Microsoft in order to use the Student and Teachers
edition?

I've heard from salespeople and people on this newsgroup
in other posts, nothing is required. If all your doing
is using the product for home use, which I am, spend half
the price and get the Student & Teacher edition.

I'm currently using the Standard Office XP, but I was
using the Beta version and I really like Outlook. I was
thinking of just upgrading Outlook, but for $40 more I
could get the Student & Teachers edition. Before I spend
$150 on that I need to know what I need to provide
Microsoft to prove that I am eligible for this product.
The stores aren't requiring proof, they even sell it at
Target.

Thanks in advance

.

 

[Scott]

Thank You Milly. That answers my questions.

-----Original Message-----
Yes, but with the STE you get three installations (presumably for a student
at home- desktop, on a laptop, and at school -2nd desktop.) A pretty good
value.

And Microsoft does not require any proof of your eligibility, it is on an
honor system. Retailers may have a different policy but it is not enforced
by Microsoft.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted w/out
reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Diane Poremsky [MVP] <[email protected]> asked:

| Do you have kids in school or are a teacher? Then you qualify. You
| can not use it for any commercial work, only personal use.
|
| Since you own office xp, what is the price difference between office
| 2003 upgrade an the student edition? The Student edition does not
| qualify for future upgrades and you might be better off getting the
| upgrade now, which will qualify for upgrades in the future. (Amazon
| has student for $129, upgrade for 214. Other sites might be cheaper
| on the upgrade.)
|
| BTW - you're better off upgrading the entire suite, not just Outlook.
| You'll be much happier with it and have fewer problems.
|
| --
| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
| Coauthor, Visual Quick Start Guide - OneNote 2003
|
|
| http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com
| Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
|
| Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
| Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
|
http://groups.google.com/groups? as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30
|
|
| || I'm confused here. Except for the price they both seem
|| to be the same product. What do I have to provide
|| Microsoft in order to use the Student and Teachers
|| edition?
||
|| I've heard from salespeople and people on this newsgroup
|| in other posts, nothing is required. If all your doing
|| is using the product for home use, which I am, spend half
|| the price and get the Student & Teacher edition.
||
|| I'm currently using the Standard Office XP, but I was
|| using the Beta version and I really like Outlook. I was
|| thinking of just upgrading Outlook, but for $40 more I
|| could get the Student & Teachers edition. Before I spend
|| $150 on that I need to know what I need to provide
|| Microsoft to prove that I am eligible for this product.
|| The stores aren't requiring proof, they even sell it at
|| Target.
||
|| Thanks in advance


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