July 26, 2011
Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003 [OLD VERSION]
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Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003 [OLD VERSION]
- Easily create, exchange, and move files between home and school
- Microsoft Office full-featured productivity tools for students and teachers
- Includes Excel 2003, Outlook 2003, Word 2003, and PowerPoint 2003
- Enhanced data management; better e-mail management; support for research
- Add multimedia elements to PowerPoint presentations and copy to CD
Can be installed on up to three PCs with a household.
List Price: $ 149.99
Price: $ 104.99
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July 26th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
At least it’s more affordable than the standard…,
I’m waiting for the day when software becomes more expensive than the actual hardware to run it (it should happen soon, considering the trend in computer prices these days, right??). In the meantime, I’m happy that Microsoft at least offers a lower-priced version of their software for those pursuing academic endeavors.
The Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003 is basically identical to their standard Microsoft Office 2003. It contains:
- Excel 2003
- Outlook 2003
- Powerpoint 2003
- Word 2003
What it does NOT contain (compared with the professional and small business versions) is Access 2003, Publisher 2003 and the Outlook 2003 version that has a Business Contact Manager – none of which would be particularly necessary for students.
Microsoft stresses that this version of their Office 2003 is only for non-commercial use. You qualify for this edition so long as you are 1) a full- or part-time student enrolled in a K-12 institution, 2) home-schooled, 3) taking at least 6 credits at an accredited college/university, or 4) a full- or part-time faculty member and work 20+ hours at a school.
It retails at the amazon price, which seems like a lot until you remember that the Standard version is sold for over two hundred dollars more. There is no discounted upgrade price for the academic version, but this is still probably the best price you can get. AND you can use the software on up to three computers, so long as someone in your household qualifies (for instance, if you have a child who qualifies for this version, you can upload it onto your computer as well and use the software even if you do not qualify for the discount).
If you are a college/university student, I would suggest visiting your school bookstore before purchasing this software. Microsoft offers academic volume licensing through a lot of colleges/universities, where you can get the same software for up to 70% off if you qualify. Check out [microsoft website] for more information.
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|July 26th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Excellent Value,
It was hard for me when I originally made the transition from WordPerfect to MS Word/Office, but once I did I never looked back.
The Students and Teachers edition is an excellent value as it contains 4 full versions of programs that cost more individually than you’d pay for this entire bundle.
The catch? First, by installing the software you are agreeing that you are a student or teacher engaged somehow in academia (no, they won’t send people to your house to check…it’s an honor system kind of thing). The other catch, and the one to really pay attention to, is that you can’t upgrade these programs like you could if you purchased the individual program or one of the other Office bundles. This means that if a Word 2004 upgrade becomes available one day you could not install it to upgrade the version of Word that comes with this bundle. You’d either have to buy the next edition of the Students and Teachers bundle or purchase another full version of Word (either in one of the other bundles that Microsoft Offers at substantially more than the S&T edition or as the stand alone program which still costs more that the S&T edition).
Small price to pay, however, as the money you save in obtaining the Students and Teachers edition will still allow you to buy upcoming versions for generations to come and you’d still come out ahead as this bundle is such a great deal.
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|July 26th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
A vast improvement,
I thought there was little Microsoft could do to improve Office. After all, a word processor is a word processor. Outlook, however, is a whole different story. This is probably worth the upgrade alone. Not only does it group your email better (today, yesterday, last week, two weeks ago, three weeks ago, last month, older) but it’s ergonmically better on the eyes. It now reads like a MS Word document now – full screen – instead of the old “split screen” way with much of the text on the bottom.
There are other little improvements though that are easily overlooked. For example, no more of the annoying “new mail” message poping up in the middle of your screen like in XP/2000. Now the sender and subject of the message “fades in” in the task bar area of your screen, stays there for 7 seconds, and “fades out” if you don’t do anything. You can even set the transparency and time to fade out – cool! Let’s say you don’t want to open it, but know you want to do something with it later. Flag it right there! Just click the flag icon and its selected for “follow up”. You can then act on it when you get ready.
You can also set a reminder on a message much like a meeting reminder. It works just the same except now when you open the reminder it opens the email message.
Of course if you don’t need Access, the Student/Teacher edition is the way to go. I bought mine at Best Buy and the salesman said they don’t ask for ID, or even care for that matter. And keep in mind you can use it on up to 3 computers. If you’re like me and you spend most of your day reading, writing, sorting and replying to email, go get this upgrade. You won’t be disappointed.
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