Office 2010 Home and Student edition
Contains:
- Word 2010
- Excel 2010
- PowerPoint 2010
- One Note 2010
In Brief
- The cheapest retail version of Office 2010.
- Home and Student edition does NOT have Outlook 2010.
- It does allow you to run on three computers at the same time but only in a non-commercial situation. That applies only to retail purchases, the ‘Product Key Card’ only allows one installation.
Retail box
aka Full Packaged Product
Number of Licenses / simultaneous installations: 3
License limitations: Home or Student use only. “Not for use in any commercial, nonprofit or revenue-generating activities, or by any government organization.”
Transferable license?: Yes
Can you uninstall this copy of Office 2010 and re-install on another computer. Not all Office 2010 licenses are movable – OEM copies with a new computer and the Product Key Card editions are not transferable.
Official Prices:
(this is Microsoft’s official price, it’s the highest price you should pay. In practice you should be able to get it for much less.)
- USA $149
- Canada $159
- UK £110
- Europe €139
- Australia $209
Product Key Card
With a lower price, the Product Key Card looks like good value however you only get one license (not three) and it can only be installed on a single computer – no transfers.
Number of Licences / simultaneous installations: 1
Licence limitations: to convert a trial/starter version of Office supplied with a new computer into a fully working version. Home or student use only. “Not for use in any commercial, nonprofit or revenue-generating activities, or by any government organization.”
Transferable licence?: No
Can you uninstall this copy of Office 2010 and re-install on another computer. Not all Office 2010 licences are movable – OEM copies with a new computer and the Product Key Card editions are not transferable.
Official Prices:
(this is Microsoft’s official price, it’s the highest price you should pay. In practice you should be able to get it for much less.)
- USA $119
- Canada $128
- UK £90
- Europe €109
- Australia $169