What the heck happened to Publisher on Office XP??

[esardeson]

I have office 2000 pro, XP Pro, and 2003 Pro (at work). All of them have MS
Publisher except XP Pro. What gives?? Sm. Business XP has it, but doesn't
have the rest of what I need. I want Publisher.

 

[Ed Bennett]

I have office 2000 pro, XP Pro, and 2003 Pro (at work). All of them
have MS Publisher except XP Pro. What gives?? Sm. Business XP has
it, but doesn't have the rest of what I need. I want Publisher.

Office XP Pro had Publisher, if it was bought under the same circumstances
as SBE.

Office XP SBE was only available with a new PC. If you got Pro with a new
PC, Publisher was included.

If you want Publisher, you must buy it separately. I would recommend
getting Publisher 2003, but Publisher 2002 will interoperate with your
work's Publisher 2003 almost as well (far better than Publisher 2000)

Office 2003 Professional includes Publisher.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Publisher 2002 (XP) did not come bundled with Office Pro. Nor does Publisher 2003
come bundled with Office 2003 Pro, only the Office 2003 Enterprise edition includes
Publisher. You are correct about the Small Business editions. Office 2000 Pro did
include Publisher on disk two.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/enterprises/compareprofstandard.mspx

 

[Ed Bennett]

Publisher 2002 (XP) did not come bundled with Office Pro. Nor does
Publisher 2003 come bundled with Office 2003 Pro, only the Office
2003 Enterprise edition includes Publisher. You are correct about the
Small Business editions. Office 2000 Pro did include Publisher on
disk two.

Office 2003 Pro DOES include Publisher 2003.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx

 

[Mary Sauer]

I am wrong as per usual. I will remove my star on the chart.

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Hi Ed Bennett ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| esardeson <[email protected]> was very recently
|| heard to utter:
||| I have office 2000 pro, XP Pro, and 2003 Pro (at work). All of them
||| have MS Publisher except XP Pro. What gives?? Sm. Business XP has
||| it, but doesn't have the rest of what I need. I want Publisher.
||
|| Office XP Pro had Publisher, if it was bought under the same
|| circumstances as SBE.
||
|| Office XP SBE was only available with a new PC. If you got Pro with
|| a new PC, Publisher was included.

There was Office XP Professional with FrontPage OEM and there was also
Office XP Professional with Publisher OEM.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Ed Bennett]

There was Office XP Professional with FrontPage OEM and there was also
Office XP Professional with Publisher OEM.

Cheers Brian - I didn't buy any new machines in the Office XP era, so don't
have any memories apart from what I've read.

Of course, all markets have their own different bundling schemes.