Microsoft Office and Vista? 2

[electronicsfreak]

Ok, I am trying to help a friend get Microsoft office legally. She has an old version on a laptop, 2003 professional edition to be exact. However that laptop is starting to die so shes trying to get a version on her new computer. She does not like open office so that is out of the question unless she is forced to use it.

Her new laptop that she is using has Windows Vista. However every office I have looked at is only compatible with xp and below. None of them that I have seen have Vista listed as compatible.

Is there an office compatible with Vista? Also is there a way she can get office free for being a student? I can get office free at my university as long as im enrolled there. Hers does not seem to have that but I know Microsoft allows certain products to be used free while in college. So I was wondering if they had one for office.

Thanks

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[fumei]

They would not have listed as being compatable with Vista, as Vista was not out yet.

Have you actually tried to install 2003 on the Vista machine?

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[TonyJollans]

I run Office 2003 on Vista - no problems. You may have to activate it by phone though if it was previously installed on another computer; you shouldn't have any problems, though, if you explain the situation, providing it is a separately purchased full version and wasn't supplied with the old computer.

Microsoft do offer the Home and Student version of Office 2007 which anybody can buy. It was different in 2003 when you had to be (or be in the family of) a registered student. But it was never free, and, as far as I know, Microsoft have never offered a free version. Individual colleges may offer special deals (that they fund) to their students - it's always worth asking.

Enjoy,
Tony

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[macropod]

All versions of Office from 2000 onwards are compatible with Vista, except for Office 2000's version of MS Outlook.

See:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[electronicsfreak]

Thanks

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[tf1]

If Office 2003 came with the laptop, it MAY be an OEM version, so you may be out of luck. OEM versions live and die with the qualifying hardware they were purchased with.

If it is a retail version, then that's no problem.

If you need to purchase a new version, try Amazon for competitive prices. Also note that you can get a Home and Student version at a bargain price that can be installed on three computers/laptops in the same residence - but check carefully that it has the applications you need.


Regards: tf1

 

[macropod]

Hi tf1

Even so, Office 2003 should be there in full on the laptop's recovery CDs/DVD/partition. It should therefore be a 'simple' matter of extracting Office 2003 from there and installing it on the new laptop. I use the term 'simple' advisedly - some laptop makers make it hard for you to access the contents of the recovery partition.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]