Note: None of the components or the entire suite of any Office version
is freeware hence jan's post is off-topic to the alt.comp.FREEware
newsgroup.
Note: Not an issue with Windows 7 or any version or edition of Windows
hence jan's post is also off-topic that that newsgroup.
FollowUp-To was set to microsoft.public.outlook -- the only newsgroup
where jan's post was on-topic.
Don't shotgun your inquiries across UNRELATED newsgroups where it is
spam or, at least, off-topic noise.
download the MS Office 2007 Home and Student from office.microsoft.com/backup
the download from Microsoft is *missing* Outlook 2007.
"Home and Student". You expected the low-end *Home* edition to have
everything? Presumably you distributed one of your licenses from a
multi-license volume pack or you happen to have an Office 2007 Home &
Student install CD sitting around that you never used to install it on
your own computer so your kid didn't end up with a pirated copy. It was
an unused full *retail* license and not an OEM license? Why were you
surprised that your kid was missing the same components (Outlook, in
this case) that you are also missing?
The Home edition of Office 2007 does NOT come with Outlook. Look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2007
(scroll down to the colored matrix chart)
Different editions have different sets of components and features.
Does anyone know how to get a legit MS Outlook backup download?
I only know of the *Office* backup downloads. I haven't seen a
standalone Outlook backup download. Some possible solutions are:
- Buy a standalone license of Outlook 2007 (~$140).
- Buy something other than the "Home and Student" edition of Office
2007/2010/2013 (~$190 for Pro OEM).
- Use an older version of Office that does include Outlook and ONLY
install the Outlook component from it. This means integration
features will NOT function, like Mail Merge or using Word as the
new-mail compose editor in Outlook.
(I'm using Outlook 2003 with Office 2010 Home & Student.)
- Use an e-mail client from a different software vendor. Examples: free
Thunderbird with the Lightning add-on for calendaring or EssentialPIM
(free and pay versions)
- Use the webmail interface to their e-mail provider.
- If included, use the mail client that came with Windows.