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Summary: cannot deactiviate registration
Review: I installed the software on a laptop, window 98. I got a new computer with window xp. I cannot deactivate the registration so that I can reinstall it on the new computer. Once you register the software, you will have a hard time moving it to another machine.
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Summary: Its About Time
Review: When I saw this, all I could say was that it was about time. Over the past couple of years, the Microsoft Office suite has become an integral part of the education experience. Unless you were lucky enough to have a computer that came preloaded with Office, you had to cough up an enormous amount of money to buy just the simplest Office programs (the standard version of Office is several hundred dollars). So clearly a version of Microsoft Office designed for students and teachers is an ideal product. So what do you get for the hundred dollars? The package comes with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook (you do NOT get Microsoft Access or FrontPage). There's no need for me to evaluate these programs for you, they all do their respective jobs effectively. Say what you will about the Microsoft giant, but these programs have become the de facto standard for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, mail managements, etc. There are two cons to this package that should be addressed. First, this package comes with a license to be installed *ONCE*. Some of you may be aware that the Product Activation software for the other Office programs allows you to install Office on one desktop computer and one laptop computer. This is not the case with the Students and Teachers version. Granted, most people don't need to install it in two places, but its worth noting. Second, this package is NOT upgradeable... when Office 2003 comes out this fall, you cannot upgrade from this package. This restriction goes along with the fact that you're supposed to remove the software when you're no longer a Qualified Educational User. The situation isn't perfect; some of the restrictions are annoying. However, Microsoft Office is such a critical software suite for students and teachers these days that it's a logical purchase to make.
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Summary: Not that much more functional...
Review: Not a really huge upgrade over Office 2000. Does add some great annoyances like Smart Tags. Sure, there are some nice new features but I don't think it is worth this hefty price tag, even if you were buying the upgrade. Some of the applications seem to have taken a step backwards, as Outlook has lost the ability to send your schedule, tasks, and contacts to another user (I did this since I was sharing between two computers). Unless you are stuck back in the stone ages with Office 97, I wouldn't really spend the money on upgrading to this. If you are buying new, check prices on Office 2000, because it's not that much different.
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Summary: microsoft office for treachers and students
Review: Great product! Excellent for use in an educational setting. I have used it both as a graduate student and as a teacher. I recomment it to anyone interested in producing quality work in a fast, easy manner!!
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Summary: At least SOMEONE gets the Idea
Review: I don't know about anyone else, but being a student and trying to work full time AND hold down a 3.66 GPA is not only hard.. its near impossible. Microsoft has gone insane with some of its pricing, and thank GOD there is a discount for students in need. I would be happier if Office XP Student Edition were under a $100, but with no extra shipping charges, it comes close to most of our budget needs. When I saved and scrimpt to build this system (Lord knows I couldn't afford to buy one from one of those pre-assembled folks), I nearly died when I saw the cost for Windows XP, Office, and related products Know anyone who can tutor me thru Calculus who ISNT a Nazi?
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Summary: Registration needed
Review: That is very good software, but i would like in the dictionary include pronunciation of the words searched...The Outlook doesn't convince me, is so slow and make a mess on my other e-mail accounts. On the whole Out look is very good idea but it needs its improvements. I tried to send mails with pictures and the receivers never got it,they just received the terrible red "X", I just hope went i uninstalled from my computer I can re-install on other one, because it needs on line registration for continue installing...
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Summary: Should You Upgrade?
Review: The answer depends on your relationship with previous versions of Office or whatever office suite you use. if you're sick of running through drop-down menus to find the commands you need, Task Panes may help. But some experienced users may conclude that Task Panes take up too much screen real estate doing things that the users already know how to accomplish. Smart Tags are great way to fine-tune Office's automatic corrections and add some new functions, but they also may perform some actions you wish they hadn't and may distract the user. In short, if you have a difficult time getting your current office suite to do what you want, Office XP may be a big help. But if you've already mastered the drop-down menus and configuration tweaks that you need in order to work efficiently, XP's new suitewide features probably aren't worth spending.
The answer to the upgrade question also depends on what you do with Office. If you spend most of your time in any application - especially Excel where I found few changes for the good - you probably won't gain much by switching. On the other hand, if you find yourself constantly jumping from Outlook to Word to PowerPoint and using them all to their fullest, the improvements will probably make the upgrade worthwhile. Users already running Office 2000 can wait another year or two before they upgrade, by that time you will see the neccessity of the features in Office XP!
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Summary: Major problems
Review: XP is the beginning of the end as far as system privacy is concercned and a slew of other problems. Here are several reasons why you shouldn't use XP. 1: General Exclusivity Manufacturers are requested to submit your drivers directly to Microsoft for approval before you try to peddle them to consumers. 2: Media Player 8 MP8 might lock out other codecs like MP3 and not allow them to make copies of their own music that they can play from their own hard drives. It is not so much about what MP8 can do, it is about what it can prevent us from doing with music and video that we already paid for. 3: Missing Features Are we going to have a backup program like we did in the old days? Are we going to get dual monitor support in the home version like Windows 98 SE has? Are we going to get back the basic fax functionality we used to have? In order to get those features, we will have to buy a "Plus Pack" of some kind for another 50 dollars. They stripped those features from the home version and are forcing us to pay an extra 100 or 200 dollars to get the professional version. 4: Bundling Restrictions And Excessive Integration Many of us feel uncomfortable that we are forced to use IE instead of Opera or Netscape browsers. We don't want all of that internet bloat-ware bundled into the basic operating system. We want to be able to uninstall IE and Outlook Express whenever we feel the urge. Not that we will necessarily, because both of those products are actually pretty good in their 6.x versions, but we want the option. What it boils down to is that we just want control over our Internet experience and our own applications. Is that too much to ask? 5: Security We all know how insecure Outlook and IIS have been, but there are now concerns about changes in the XP Home Edition (and possibly other versions) that will provide support for unrestricted, full raw sockets. This is VERY scary. 6: Product Activation This is a system designed primarily to prevent casual piracy. You know how you had to go buy a full copy of Windows 98 SE at the store because all your new computer came with was some stupid restore disk? You know how you went ahead and installed that copy of Windows 98 SE on your original machine as well as on the new one you just bought? Well, this technology will stop you from doing that. Why all the fuss? Because in part, people do pirate operating systems on a casual basis. They hate that they are forced to pay upgrade fees for what they consider to be bug fixes anyway. They hate that they have to put up with those bloated, OEM installs from Dell, Gateway and others who put everything from AOL to Walmart advertisements in the Start menu. They want to be able to do a clean install of the basic OS without all of that junk getting in the way, so they take a copy that they bought or got from a friend and use that single copy to install it on all of their machines. After all, almost every single computer you can buy comes with Windows on it, so why can't you just install the version you want the way you want and be done with it? Because according to the licensing terms, that is totally illegal, that's why. I am not Anti-Microsoft just anti XP. Buyer beware.
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Summary: Caution
Review: Be aware that there is currently an incompatibility between this product and HP's video drivers that makes some Excel 2002 workbooks inoperable. Microsoft is aware of this problem and may already have a patch for it which would be downloadable from their website.
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Summary: Worst thing since Hoof and Mouth Disease
Review: Whatever you do, do NOT install this on a computer with critical files. Having gone through the installation without any errors, on restart NONE of my non-Microsoft software worked. NONE. And reinstalling it didn't help at all. I ended up deleting my whole hard drive and installing Office 97 back on my computer in order to get everything functioning again. Trust me, it's not worth it.
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