Is Home Student Office "detuned"?

[JBruyet]

Hey all,

A friend of mine needs to get MS Office for a home computer so her kids can do their homework (it's a Christmas present and she's getting it ready for them). She's not interested in any Office clones like Star Office or Open Office and she asked me about Home Student Office. She asked me if the Word or Excel programs in HSO are full version or "detuned" versions of the software and I had to say I don't know. So, is Home Student Office an Office suite with detuned versions of Word and Excel or does HSO use the full versions of each of these programs? If full versions why does the suite sell for less than the cost of either Word or Excel?

Thanks,

Joe B

 

[wagraphics]

I have yet to find any variation in the different versions, however there may be some slight difference that I have yet to use. This was released by microsoft and many other corporations have begun to follow this idea of pushing the student versions. I have noticed however, that they are typically not the same operations manual, which who reads these anyways?

 

[elsenorjose]

They're the same software, just licensed differently. Also, the academic versions don't include Access, Publisher and InfoPath which are offered in the professional and higher versions.

 

[JBruyet]

elsenorjose, licensed differently? I talked with the sales clerk at the local Office Depot and per her there are no additional licensing restrictions. I've looked online and I can't find anything there. I thought that one would need some type of ASB card to show that he/she is a student but I guess that no longer applies to HSO. At least that's what I'm hearing locally.

Thanks,

Joe B

 

[wagraphics]

The sales people should be checking for some sort of student identification, however the typical response of "I'm buying this for my child," seems to do just fine.

 

[elsenorjose]

JBruyet, licensed differently in that, IIRC, you can install the academic version on up to 3 computers with the same license. And even if the sales people don't check for ID, the licensing DOES state that there needs to be at least 1 full or part time student in the household.

 

[JBruyet]

OIC. Does the student need to be in college? My friend has two daughters and they're both in jr high. I'm kinda a-null about licensing due to my managing a network (and beyond) for a transit agency. AND, is there somewhere on the MS web site that explains this in plain English?

Thanks,

Joe B

 

[mintjulep]

It's Home and Student.

Not Home Student.

No need to be a student, just have to have a home.

 

[smah]

The Home and Student suite includes OneNote, but not Outlook.

 

[Madawc]

Take a look at MS Works, rather cheaper and typically includes Word. I used to purchase MS Office for my home machine because I wanted Word, but stopped when I realised I did not need it.

The costly but of MS Office is probably Outlook, which is indeed brilliant for setting up business meetings and keeping track of e-mails. But for home use, is it needed?

MS Works also includes a calendar and spreadsheet, less sophisticated than Outlook and Excel, but enough for most uses. Excel can also be purchased on its own, I'm not sure of the costs.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Windows XP & Crystal 10

 

[Madawc]

PS, I use a lot of the advanced features of Word, both at work and at home. Exactly the same, as far as I can tell. As has already been mentioned, the extra costs are for extra software packages that you might not need.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Windows XP & Crystal 10

 

[r0gerc]

Joe

Have a look at Microsoft Office Home & Student FAQ's here

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/HA101655301033.aspx

I think it is only 'detuned' if the computer hasn't a high enough spec to run certain features.

Roger

 

[yogurt21]

I got a deal if you have a .edu email for $65 for the whole office don't remembwer why try googling it

yosef

 

[onedtent]

make sure it's not a medialess licence, a friend try to buy Office 2007 last week and that's how we found out. here is more info:

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/english/office/mlk.mspx

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[tf1]

There's no Outlook in H&S 2007: that would be a disaster for me.

I'd go for Students and Teachers 2003 which is still around and represents a better value to me.

With W2007, if you press Send as Email and you don't have Outlook 2007, it won't work.

Regards: tf1

 

[JBruyet]

Hey all,

Thanks for all the input. She decided to go with Standard. She and her husband)used Outlook before and really wanted it.

Thanks again for all the input,

Joe B