Re: Upgrade from Office 2000 to 2003

Now I'm a little confused - I want to replace Office 2000, Small Business
with 2003 Pro for my daughter at home, which is what they use at her school.
Is the academic version and the student/teacher version the same as the
"regular" 2003? There is a large price difference between all three, but I
want to purchase the one that will be the same as the Office 2003
Professional that is on the computers at her school. Thanks, Suzi

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Yes, the academic version is only available to qualified students at the institution where this suite is sold. If you mean the Student and Teacher version, it is only for non-commercial use.

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After furious head scratching, suz4596 asked:

| One more question -I went price searching and saw there is Office
| 2003 Pro and also an Academic edition, which is less $. Is there a
| diference other than price? Thanks Again, Suzi
|
| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
|
|| You would probably be okay with the upgrade but Murphy's Law says
|| that something is going to happen that requires you to use that
|| product key. (I don't know what but "stuff happens".)
||
|| *If* it's within your budget, get the full version of Office - and
|| make sure you know where that key is. If you do opt for that, get it
|| from Amazon.com. Might as well save a few dollars on your purchase.
|| They frequently offer free shipping, which is very nice.
||
|| Also, make sure you check out the various editions of Office so that
|| you get what you need. Why pay for products you have no need for?
||
||
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||
|| JoAnn Paules
|| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
||
|| ~~~~~
|| How to ask a question
|| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| "suz4596" <suz4596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|| news:56B2B3AA-E98A-4E9F-87FA-A3680D537F62@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||| You have been so incredibly helpful. Since I don't have the product
||| key for
||| 2000, would you still suggest I go with the upgrade for 2003 Pro or
||| should I
||| buy the whole program? You can probably tell from my questions that
||| this is
||| not ny area of expertise!
|||
||| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
|||
|||| You shouldn't. The product key would be nice but that's on a
|||| sticker on the
|||| CD sleeve your disks came in originally. If you can find that,
|||| keep it handy
|||| as well. There are programs that can find the product key for
|||| Office XP and
|||| up but not 2000. Microsoft can't help you with OEM software and
|||| Gateway won't help with a product key, especially one from that
|||| far back.
||||
|||| --
|||| JoAnn Paules
|||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
||||
|||| ~~~~~
|||| How to ask a question
|||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||||
||||
|||| "suz4596" <suz4596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|||| news:215DD60F-78CA-4911-A376-F174DA5E894A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||||| tHANKS FOR YOUR HELP - I do have the 2 disks for Microsoft Office
||||| 2000 -
||||| Small Business. To upgrade will I need any type of registration
||||| numbers from
||||| these old disks? If I do I have no idea where to find them. I
||||| looked through
||||| all the paper work from Gateway and it doesn't have anything
||||| about the specific program. Suzi
|||||
||||| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
|||||
|||||| If you can find it, yes. And do yourself a HUGE favor - DO NOT
|||||| LOSE THAT
|||||| OFFICE 2000 CD. (I'm not yelling - I'm strongly emphasizing the
|||||| need to
|||||| know
|||||| exactly where that disk is because without it, you will be up a
|||||| famous creek
|||||| without a paddle. You can upgrade and upgrade and upgrade and
|||||| each time
|||||| you
|||||| need to prove that something "way back when" you had a full
|||||| version.)
||||||
|||||| --
|||||| JoAnn Paules
|||||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
||||||
|||||| ~~~~~
|||||| How to ask a question
|||||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||||||
||||||
|||||| "suz4596" <suz4596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|||||| news:735A2777-F98C-4DAD-9225-5C3C6B44AF4F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||||||| The Office 2000 that is on our Gateway came with the system
||||||| when we purchased
||||||| it, can I still buy just the upgrade for Office Pro 2003?
|||||||
||||||| "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
|||||||
|||||||| You cannot purchase an academic student unless you are a
|||||||| qualified purchaser. As it is, you may find it difficult to
|||||||| find a 2003 version
|||||||| now
|||||||| that 2007 is the latest. To get the best match, try to find the
|||||||| Office
|||||||| Pro
|||||||| 2003 upgrade.
||||||||
|||||||| --
|||||||| JoAnn Paules
|||||||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
||||||||
|||||||| ~~~~~
|||||||| How to ask a question
|||||||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||||||||
||||||||
|||||||| "suz4596" <suz4596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|||||||| news:13314A36-F1F2-4E93-9897-52CE59E14140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||||||||| We have Office 2000 Small Business on our home computer. At
||||||||| school
||||||||| they
||||||||| are
||||||||| using Office 2003 Professional. I want to upgrade what we
||||||||| have at home
||||||||| so
||||||||| it's easier for my daughter to transition from what she does
||||||||| at school
||||||||| to
||||||||| the
||||||||| computer here at home. What are my options, do I have to
||||||||| purchase the
||||||||| Pro
||||||||| edition or can I purchase the Academic version or the Student
||||||||| version?
||||||||| Thanks

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