Upgrading from Home & Student 2008 to Full

[rbr747]

Can I use my H&S edition licence to just buy an upgrade pack to get the full edition of 2008?

Thanks Rob

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Rob:

Thanks for including your name: makes the whole place much more friendly!

No.

The product you have IS the full edition. What do you need that you haven't
got?

Cheers

Can I use my H&S edition licence to just buy an upgrade pack to get the full
edition of 2008?

Thanks Rob

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[Diane Ross]

Can I use my H&S edition licence to just buy an upgrade pack to get the full
edition of 2008?

The Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Technology Guarantee program allows
customers who purchase an edition of Office 2004 for Mac to receive an
edition of Office 2008 for the cost of shipping, handling and applicable
tax. This offer is valid for products purchased between September 25th, 2007
and March 31st, 2008.

<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/go/promotions/default.mspx>

You must have the box top. See the fine details for all requirements.

This page covers the different versions:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/version/license_version.html>

 

[Rob Bruce]

Thanks JOhn and Diane

I should have been clearer in the first place:

I need Office 2008 Full.

I bought Office 2004 H&amp;S two years ago and Office 2008 H&amp;S last week (is missing a feature I need).

Do I need to buy

A) Office 2008 for Mac or
B) Office 2008 for Mac Upgrade

Thanks, Rob

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Rob:

You need to connect to Microsoft Exchange? That's the only difference

The upgrade is all you need: 2004 is a complying product.

Cheers

Thanks JOhn and Diane

I should have been clearer in the first place:

I need Office 2008 Full.

I bought Office 2004 H&S two years ago and Office 2008 H&S last week (is
missing a feature I need).

Do I need to buy

A) Office 2008 for Mac or
B) Office 2008 for Mac Upgrade

Thanks, Rob

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[Diane Ross]

The upgrade is all you need: 2004 is a complying product.

You won't have to have Office 2004 installed, but you will have to have the
CD to insert to show proof if you have previously removed Office 2004. Keep
the CD around for future installs.

 

[rbr747]

Okay am about to unwrap £300 of Office 2008 Upgrade and I really want to be clear I'm doing the right thing:

- I bought Office 2004 Home & Student edition years ago and installed and used
- two weeks ago I bought and installed Office 2008 Home and Student edition and discovered it doesn't connect to Exchange (which I need)

If I unwrap and install Office 2008 Upgrade will I make my 2008 H&S into full and therefore use Entourage as a client for exchange.

I'm sounding dumb and asking these questions because "2004 is a complying product" is a bit crytic for me and I don't want to blow £300.

Thanks for your patience and help guys.

Regards, Rob

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Okay am about to unwrap £300 of Office 2008 Upgrade and I really want to be
clear I'm doing the right thing:

- I bought Office 2004 Home & Student edition years ago and installed and used
- two weeks ago I bought and installed Office 2008 Home and Student edition
and discovered it doesn't connect to Exchange (which I need)

If I unwrap and install Office 2008 Upgrade will I make my 2008 H&S into full
and therefore use Entourage as a client for exchange.

I'm sounding dumb and asking these questions because "2004 is a complying
product" is a bit crytic for me and I don't want to blow £300.

Thanks for your patience and help guys.

Regards, Rob

You'll have to check your license (licence) carefully. In the US, the home
and student edition is not upgradable, and I don't think it qualifies as an
upgradeable product. However, installing any version of office does not
"upgrade" existing software, but instead completely replaces it. So, it
won't "make your 2008 H&S into full", but, if it agrees that your prior
product is upgradeable, it will replace it with the full version.

 

[Diane Ross]

- I bought Office 2004 Home & Student edition years ago and installed and used
- two weeks ago I bought and installed Office 2008 Home and Student edition
and discovered it doesn't connect to Exchange (which I need)

If I unwrap and install Office 2008 Upgrade will I make my 2008 H&S into full
and therefore use Entourage as a client for exchange.

No. It will install Office 2008, only based on full Office 2004 install.
Since you did not have the full version, you don't qualify for the upgrade
version.

You could have used the Suite Deal that's now over to get the full copy for
a recent purchase of Office 2004 Student & Teacher. Sorry about that.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

This is late, but this is what I have been told by MS. The public
information is ambiguous.

In this situation--your Office 2008 Home & Student is irrelevant. Return
it, sell it to someone else, whatever, it's out of the picture.

Your Office 2008 Upgrade will look for a qualifying product to enable
it. Your Office 2004 Student/Teacher will serve as a qualifying product.
You will then have both 2004 and 2008 on the same computer, as nothing
will replace anything. In the future, you will always need to have
Office 2004 installed or the Office 2004 CD accessible to reinstall the
2008 Upgrade.

The confusion is over whether 2004 Student/Teacher serves as a
qualifying product. The license in 2004 STE says it does not, because MS
was making no promises about the future in 2004---but the 2008 terms
allow accepting 2004 STE as a qualifying product, because MS decided to
be generous in the here and now.

 

[jbihun]

Sorry to jump into this conversation late, BUT...I just got off the
phone with MSFT tech support and they told me that I cannot upgrade
the 2004 Student and Teacher edition with the 2008 Upgrade version. (I
know that the software is not upgraded technically but I am just
making the point). I am in the same predicament as Rob however I got
Apple to take back the 2008 Home and Student edition and not charge
me. They sent me, and its on the way, the 2008 FULL Upgrade but after
talking with MSFT tech support they said I CANNOT USE the upgrade
version and that was that.... SO I AGAIN...cancelled the upgrade
version being shipped to me....DID I DO THE RIGHT THING?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

But also see here, where someone said:

"I have called microsoft and they said that I can upgrade Office 2004
Student version with a Standart 2008 Upgrade version.
I have done that and it works fine..."
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/Office/896