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MS Office box copy?
I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I
would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon |
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MS Office box copy?
"Gordon" wrote in message ... I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Amazon, just to show you it's availability..... http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...50815kf48 i_e Chris |
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On 11/11/2013 9:56 AM, Chris S. wrote:
"Gordon" wrote in message ... I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Amazon, just to show you it's availability..... http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...50815kf48 i_e Chris Also Staples Rene |
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Gordon wrote:
I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Trial it before you buy it. A 60 day trial is available. Based on the low review numbers, I'd trial it. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/ If you don't like the new interfaces, you've then saved yourself some money. There is a subscription version, as well as a traditional version (well, not really that traditional). Newegg shows a "Key card" purchase, so there is no media. Read the customer reviews, before you touch it with a barge pole. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832416593 Pick a more expensive version, receive more good news. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832416580 "It requires you to link the product key that you get in this package to a Windows Live account. It can then never be transferred to another Windows Live account. Think about that very hard if you are a building a system for others. Since they are pushing their cloud thing, now to open a file takes more clicks. It's not just a File Open anymore. It's a File Open On My Computer. They've done a lot of little things like that which just add complexity to what you used to do very simply." That one is apparently booby-trapped like Win8.1, in that if you don't do your research, you end up tying it to the Live Account. Another user reports: "Other Thoughts: Search: "Office 2013 Direct Download Links" You will find a .net with links direct from MSFT for all the different versions. Burn a disc, and you can install on multiple machines without downloading, also you can do a 'standard' machine-based activation instead of a Live acct-based activation." I can see some Direct Download links here. The downloads are from DigitalRiver, the same place we were getting the Windows 7 SP1 official DVD images. When you do downloads like that, use MD5SUM, SHA1SUM, or even the Microsoft FCIV utility, compute a checksum, Google it, and verify the checksum is a "well known and trusted value". Don't accept links that download from a site other than DigitalRiver. The only reason those links are on DigitalRiver, is for DigitalRiver customers (DR is an electronic software seller - I used to buy small applications there years ago - it was in the same league as Kagi). If you can get the DigitalRiver ISO, before you buy a key, that might be as close as you get to a "box" version. At least you can burn your own DVD. Using the ISO, might even allow you to dodge the Live account requirement (no docs on Skydrive). Have fun (maybe), Paul |
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:56:34 -0500, "Chris S."
wrote: "Gordon" wrote in message ... I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Amazon, just to show you it's availability..... http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...50815kf48 i_e The latest version is Office 2013. At the link above, or searching Amazon.com by myself, all I see for Office 2013 are downloads. -- Ken Blake |
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On 11-Nov-2013 10:41, Gordon wrote:
I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Save yourself some money, use: LibreOffice: https://www.libreoffice.org/ OpenOffice: https://www.openoffice.org/ or any other free office Suite: http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...y-1139295#null They all do the same as Ms-Office and the are free. -- Leala. |
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On 11/11/2013 6:01 PM, Leala wrote:
On 11-Nov-2013 10:41, Gordon wrote: I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Save yourself some money, use: LibreOffice: https://www.libreoffice.org/ OpenOffice: https://www.openoffice.org/ or any other free office Suite: http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...y-1139295#null They all do the same as Ms-Office and the are free. None of them have Outlook so not the same. -- Alias The only real problems are avarice, anger and stupidity. |
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On 11/11/2013 12:01 PM, Leala wrote:
On 11-Nov-2013 10:41, Gordon wrote: I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Save yourself some money, use: LibreOffice: https://www.libreoffice.org/ OpenOffice: https://www.openoffice.org/ or any other free office Suite: http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...y-1139295#null They all do the same as Ms-Office and the are free. There are other established mainstream Office Suits available. While I do not use it IBM Lotus Symphony is still available, free, and being maintained http://ibm-lotus-symphony.en.softonic.com/ Personally I use Corel WordPerfect suite with wordprocessor, spreadsheet, and a presentation. It is significantly less than MS Word and if you watch you can get great deals on the Student/Home edition which can be installed on up to 3 computers. If you watch you can get the full version for about $150, depending on the deal you find. |
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:01:17 -0500, Leala
wrote: Save yourself some money, use: LibreOffice: https://www.libreoffice.org/ OpenOffice: https://www.openoffice.org/ or any other free office Suite: http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...y-1139295#null They all do the same as Ms-Office and the are free. They don't even all do the same things as each other. Similar? Yes. But exactly the same, no. Some of them are very good and will meet many people's needs. But none of them are completely compatible with Microsoft Office, and will not meet everyone's needs. For most people, they are worth trying and may save them some money if they meet your needs. But nobody should start out with the assumption that it will definitely meet his needs and save him any money. And by the way, while we are recommending things, I personally recommend Corel WordPerfect over Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, FreeOffice, or any other word processor I've ever seen. I'm not a fan of the other programs in the WordPerfect Office suite, but I think it's the best word processor out there--much better than Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, etc.. It's not free, but it's not very expensive. Here's an excellent price ($58.99 US) for X6, the latest version: http://www.technetmicro.com/Corel-Wo...ard_p_409.html -- Ken Blake |
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:22:18 -0500, Paul wrote in
Re MS Office box copy?: Pick a more expensive version, receive more good news. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832416580 "It requires you to link the product key that you get in this package to a Windows Live account. It can then never be transferred to another Windows Live account. Think about that very hard if you are a building a system for others. Since they are pushing their cloud thing, now to open a file takes more clicks. It's not just a File Open anymore. It's a File Open On My Computer. They've done a lot of little things like that which just add complexity to what you used to do very simply." That one is apparently booby-trapped like Win8.1, in that if you don't do your research, you end up tying it to the Live Account. Another user reports: "Other Thoughts: Search: "Office 2013 Direct Download Links" You will find a .net with links direct from MSFT for all the different versions. Burn a disc, and you can install on multiple machines without downloading, also you can do a 'standard' machine-based activation instead of a Live acct-based activation." Excellent comments Paul. I dumped MS Office a couple of years ago and switched to http://www.softmaker.com/english/ofw_en.htm SoftMaker Office 2012. Compatible with Microsoft Office 2010, 2007, 2003, and more. and not one regret. -- Web based forums are like subscribing to 10 different newspapers and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one. Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those newspapers delivered to your door every morning. |
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CRNG wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:22:18 -0500, Paul wrote in Re MS Office box copy?: Pick a more expensive version, receive more good news. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832416580 "It requires you to link the product key that you get in this package to a Windows Live account. It can then never be transferred to another Windows Live account. Think about that very hard if you are a building a system for others. Since they are pushing their cloud thing, now to open a file takes more clicks. It's not just a File Open anymore. It's a File Open On My Computer. They've done a lot of little things like that which just add complexity to what you used to do very simply." That one is apparently booby-trapped like Win8.1, in that if you don't do your research, you end up tying it to the Live Account. Another user reports: "Other Thoughts: Search: "Office 2013 Direct Download Links" You will find a .net with links direct from MSFT for all the different versions. Burn a disc, and you can install on multiple machines without downloading, also you can do a 'standard' machine-based activation instead of a Live acct-based activation." Excellent comments Paul. I dumped MS Office a couple of years ago and switched to http://www.softmaker.com/english/ofw_en.htm SoftMaker Office 2012. Compatible with Microsoft Office 2010, 2007, 2003, and more. and not one regret. I forgot the page with the ISO9660 installer files for MS Office. These are likely all links to DigitalRiver. You can make your installer DVD from one of these. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technol...download-links Paul |
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Chris S. wrote:
"Gordon" wrote in message ... I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Amazon, just to show you it's availability..... http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...50815kf48 i_e Chris I saw a similar picture on Newegg, and one of those purchases is a "Key card". No media in either case. You have to download your own media. And like Windows 7, you can get it off the Internet, from DigitalRiver. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technol...download-links Paul |
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Gordon wrote:
I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Retail versions do not included disc media. Download option and product key. The downloaded file can be used to reinstall Office. - the license only provides for use on one pc - installing on a different pc will nullify the license on the other pc and after a short period of time deactivate as non-genuine. - installing the second time (as opposed to restoring an image of the o/s and software drive/partition) may require a phone call (to Microsoft) to activate the software. For those curious about upgrade pricing and media. From MSFT Office Chat "Unfortunately there is no upgrade versions of Office only the full versions" -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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Keith Nuttle typed: On 11/11/2013 12:01 PM, Leala wrote: On 11-Nov-2013 10:41, Gordon wrote: I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Save yourself some money, use: LibreOffice: https://www.libreoffice.org/ OpenOffice: https://www.openoffice.org/ or any other free office Suite: http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...y-1139295#null They all do the same as Ms-Office and the are free. There are other established mainstream Office Suits available. While I do not use it IBM Lotus Symphony is still available, free, and being maintained http://ibm-lotus-symphony.en.softonic.com/ Personally I use Corel WordPerfect suite with wordprocessor, spreadsheet, and a presentation. It is significantly less than MS Word and if you watch you can get great deals on the Student/Home edition which can be installed on up to 3 computers. If you watch you can get the full version for about $150, depending on the deal you find. Having 30+ machines here, I can't justify having 30+ licenses of MS Office. So some has MS Office, Libre Office, Open Office, Star Office, and two has Kingsoft Office Suite Professional. Funny nobody here except me seems to talk about Kingsoft. As Kingsoft I find much nicer than Libre or Open Office. I think the Professional version is like $69. And the Standard version is free for personal use. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2 |
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On Monday, November 11, 2013 11:01 AM [GMT+1=CET],
Leala wrote: On 11-Nov-2013 10:41, Gordon wrote: I just updated my HP Pavilion to Windows 8.1 and like it very much. I would like to update my MS Office Home and Business to the latest version but I want a box copy. I can't find a box copy in any local stores. Is MS Office available only on those download cards with the code number on it? If I buy one of these, then for some reason, later, have to reinstall MS Office can I use the card again? For how long? Thanks, Gordon Save yourself some money, use: LibreOffice: https://www.libreoffice.org/ OpenOffice: https://www.openoffice.org/ or any other free office Suite: http://www.techradar.com/news/softwa...y-1139295#null They all do the same as Ms-Office and the are free. Wow! You like Libre Office and Open Office? I have over 30 machines here and I can't afford 30+ copies of MS Office. So I have Libre Office or Open Office on some of them. But I find them very weak myself. They probably should have been called Libre Works and Open Works. Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows XP SP2 |
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