Upgrade eligibility

[Phil]

I purchased a laptop a year ago. It came with MS Works 8.0. I also purchased
and had the store install MS Office 2003 Standard. Is either product (or
both) upgadable to Office 2007 Professional? My goal is to aquire MS Access
w/o buying the stand alone product if I can upgade the whole suite for a few
dollars more.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Phil,

You can use either one of the products you mentioned as a qualifying product for purchasing an Office 2007 product suite of your
choice.
See the Pricing and Upgrades link on the left side of http://microsoft.com/office/suites for additional information.

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I purchased a laptop a year ago. It came with MS Works 8.0. I also purchased
and had the store install MS Office 2003 Standard. Is either product (or
both) upgadable to Office 2007 Professional? My goal is to aquire MS Access
w/o buying the stand alone product if I can upgade the whole suite for a few
dollars more.>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Suzanne]

I have Office Home & Student 2003. Can I upgrade to Office Small Business
2007 or Office Professional 2007 using the upgrade or do I need to purchase
the new version? Also, how many computers can I install Small Business or
Professional on? I have 2 laptops and one desktop. 1 runs Vista and the
other two run XP.

Thanks - Suzanne

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

The retail Office 2007 products can be installed on one computer and a 2nd-portable computer for use by the license holder.

The non-commercial use Office 2007 Home & Student edition allows 3 installations by a single family.

The Office 2003 Student and Teacher edition is not considered a qualifying product for upgrading to a retail Office 2007 edition.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/FX101754511033.aspx

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I have Office Home & Student 2003. Can I upgrade to Office Small Business
2007 or Office Professional 2007 using the upgrade or do I need to purchase
the new version? Also, how many computers can I install Small Business or
Professional on? I have 2 laptops and one desktop. 1 runs Vista and the
other two run XP.

Thanks - Suzanne >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Suzanne]

How many computers can I load the Office Small Business on and how many for
Office Professional?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Suzanne,

Both are retail editions, one computer and one portable computer both for the same user in each case.

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How many computers can I load the Office Small Business on and how many for Office Professional? >>

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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Elizabeth]

Hi Bob

I am about to buy a Sony Vaio laptop which will have pre-installed on it
Microsoft Works 8.5.

Am I correct in thinking I can buy MS Office Small Business upgrade version
rather than the full version?

Thanks

Elizabeth

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Elizabeth,

Yes, you are correct. MS Works will qualify for a retail MS Office 2007 upgrade edition, although if it's a new Vaio I'd expect
that MS Works would be a newer version than 8.5, in which case there's a patch to download for v9 that allows it to be recognized by
the Office upgrade edtion.

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Hi Bob

I am about to buy a Sony Vaio laptop which will have pre-installed on it
Microsoft Works 8.5.

Am I correct in thinking I can buy MS Office Small Business upgrade version
rather than the full version?

Thanks

Elizabeth >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*