Suzanne
Tue Jan 22 14:26:04 PST 2008
To review the bidding:
Home and Student Edition is not a reduced-function version, but (a) it does
not include Outlook, (b) it cannot be used for commercial purposes, (c) it
can be installed on several machines (three, I think), but (d) it does not
qualify for an upgrade to a later version.
Although it is possible to transfer the license on Office/Word 2003 if it is
entirely uninstalled from the previous user's machine, this can be
problematic and is not permitted if (a) the user used it to qualify for an
upgrade to Office/Word 2007 or (b) it is an OEM version (came installed on
the computer).
The cheapest way I know of (at least in the U.S.) to get any version of Word
is to buy Works Suite, which includes Word 2002 along with five other useful
applications (see
http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=001). But
Word 2002 is two versions old now, and although it incorporates the new
(balloon) Track Changes format, it was poorly implemented (the formatting of
deletions can't be edited), and there were some other issues that were
better realized in Word 2003. Still, it is a step up from Word 2000, and, as
many people have commented, Word 2007 is quite a paradigm shift from Word
2000 and requires a good bit of relearning.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"John" <name@email.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A2DB113A110771F3M4@127.0.0.1...
>I am in the UK. A friend of mine who is also in the UK uses Word 2000
> but it doesn't have some features she needs. Things like "Legal
> Blackline" and "improved Change Tracking".
>
> What would be the cheapest (legal) way for her to get a more up to date
> version of Word?
>
> Amazon UK is showing a price of approx £70 for Word 2007's "Home &
> Student Edition" (and £75 reduced from £120 for the same edition of
> Office 2007.
>
> Is the Home and Student Edition of Word a reduced function version?
>
> -----------
>
> Would it be cheaper if she gets an upgrade from Word 2000.
>
> On the other hand, could she buy Word 2003 secondhand from another user
> who has gone to Office 2007? Do MS licences permit this?
>