the difference bewteen Student Version and Full version

[jay]

Other than the price,
whats the diff. between these 2 versions?
is student version could open a wrod file normally, with all features
in word 2004 version?

 

[William Smith]

Other than the price,
whats the diff. between these 2 versions?
is student version could open a wrod file normally, with all features
in word 2004 version?

Hi Jay!

Basically, the price, yes. But also student versions are typically not
eligible for upgrades. That means if you buy Office 2004 now and want to
upgrade when the next version of Office is released you will either have
to buy another Student/Teacher version at full price (if you're still a
student or teacher) or pay the full price of the new version.

And, of course, the Student/Teacher version includes three license
codes. It will not include Virtual PC.

Hope this helps! bill

 

[CyberTaz]

The only differences are in the licensing - the content of the package and
the versions of the applications are the same. Only the Professional is
different in that it includes Virtual PC 7. The subtle difference (a part of
the license) is that the S/T package is typically *not* eligible for upgrade
to future releases, but if you qualify it's always cheaper to repurchase the
new S/T version anyhow.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Hugh Watkins]

The only differences are in the licensing - the content of the package and
the versions of the applications are the same. Only the Professional is
different in that it includes Virtual PC 7. The subtle difference (a part of
the license) is that the S/T package is typically *not* eligible for upgrade
to future releases, but if you qualify it's always cheaper to repurchase the
new S/T version anyhow.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

I will be getting Star Office from Sun to run on WinXP on parallels

Hugh W

 

[Fred]

I will be getting Star Office from Sun to run on WinXP on parallels

Hugh W

Hugh -

You can also use NeoOffice as well. This has all the features of Office
and of Star Office and runs on both g5 and intel macs.

Fred.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Fred:

On 31/10/06 7:32 AM, in article

You can also use NeoOffice as well. This has all the features of Office
and of Star Office and runs on both g5 and intel macs.

People are dreaming of miracles if they think NeoOffice or Star Office have
"all the features of Office". They just plain DON'T.

They MAY have all the features they need, but that's a very different
statement, and needs to be carefully tested. The fact that NeoOffice can
make an attempt at opening a Word document does not mean it can edit one and
return it in a state acceptable to its originator

All I'm saying here is that you need to carefully test the alternatives on
real-world documents of the kind you expect to be handling, before making
your purchase decision.

I can even think of one or two features *Office* doesn't have Whether
or not you need them is the question -- buying business software is a very
complex task, if you do it properly. Approach it carefully, spend the time
to get it right, and you won't get any nasty surprises

Cheers

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