Microsoft Professional Software

[Jessica]

Hi. I am still running Windsows XP and am looking to
upgrade to Microsoft XP. As I am a college student I'm
looking mostly as the Proffessional or Office XP. As the
software I need on my computer are latest editions of
Word,Excell,Access, and Powerpoint. So I was wondering if I
should get Microsoft Office or Professional. As though I'll
use the above applications for school I still use it for
home use(games, downloads ect..) So basically I'm wondering
if even though I still want to use my computer for home
use, whether its worth it getting the Office XP academic
version which is much cheaper then the full software
version. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Lem]

Hi. I am still running Windsows XP and am looking to
upgrade to Microsoft XP. As I am a college student I'm
looking mostly as the Proffessional or Office XP. As the
software I need on my computer are latest editions of
Word,Excell,Access, and Powerpoint. So I was wondering if I
should get Microsoft Office or Professional. As though I'll
use the above applications for school I still use it for
home use(games, downloads ect..) So basically I'm wondering
if even though I still want to use my computer for home
use, whether its worth it getting the Office XP academic
version which is much cheaper then the full software
version. Any help would be appreciated.

If you are in fact a college student, immediately sign up for a remedial
writing course, and post back when you can write a coherent paragraph.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Hi. I am still running Windsows XP and am looking to
upgrade to Microsoft XP.

??? What do you mean by "Microsoft XP"? Windows XP Professional?
If so, that has nothing to do with your question about Office
below?

If you mean Microsoft Office XP, you can't *upgrade* from WIndows
XP (an operating system) to Office XP (a suite of application
programs). You can install Office XP within Windows XP.

As I am a college student I'm
looking mostly as the Proffessional or Office XP. As the
software I need on my computer are latest editions of
Word,Excell,Access, and Powerpoint. So I was wondering if I
should get Microsoft Office or Professional.

If you need Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint, you need
Microsoft Office. These are components of Microsoft Office. What
do you mean by "...or Professional"? Are you asking whether to
get Microsoft Office Professional or whether to get Windows XP
Professional?

If the latter, be aware that no version of Windows comes with
Office components.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Hi, Microsoft Office is different from Microsoft Windows. You must have
Windows to run Office.

There isn't such a product as "Microsoft Professional" The latest version
of Office is 2003. If you want the latest version of Word, Excel,.
PowerPoint, etc then you want to purchase Microsoft Office 2003. Goto
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx to compare
the different version of Office 2003.

Office doesn't include games or the ability to run programs. That's the job
of Windows. For Windows, the latest version is Windows XP. It comes in
Professional and Home versions.

 

[NobodyMan]

Hi. I am still running Windsows XP and am looking to
upgrade to Microsoft XP. As I am a college student I'm
looking mostly as the Proffessional or Office XP. As the
software I need on my computer are latest editions of
Word,Excell,Access, and Powerpoint. So I was wondering if I
should get Microsoft Office or Professional. As though I'll
use the above applications for school I still use it for
home use(games, downloads ect..) So basically I'm wondering
if even though I still want to use my computer for home
use, whether its worth it getting the Office XP academic
version which is much cheaper then the full software
version. Any help would be appreciated.

Folks, is that what I have to look forward to hiring? Is this really
the state of our educational system? Could this fool really be a
college student?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Probably someone there on a football or basketball scholarship.

Bruce Chambers

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[Alex Nichol]

Hi. I am still running Windsows XP and am looking to
upgrade to Microsoft XP. As I am a college student I'm
looking mostly as the Proffessional or Office XP. As the
software I need on my computer are latest editions of
Word,Excell,Access, and Powerpoint.

You are fundamentally mixing up Windows XP - an Operating system, which
you have, and Office XP which is a suite of Applications (including
Word, Excel PowerPoint Access and possibly others) which will run on it,
and on earlier versions of Windows. As a student you are entitled to
get a copy of "Microsoft Office for Students and Teachers"' at a
considerably reduced price. Get it and install it on your system. It
does not matter for this whether you are running Windows XP Professional
or Windows XP Home Edition