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MS Office Home and Student - restrictions
Posted: Apr 03, 2014
I have heard different interpretations of the "no commercial use" rule by Microsoft about the Home and Student version of Office. Some say you cannot use this version to work from home as an MT, and some say it only means that Home and Student version just doesn't have all the bells and whistles someone would need for commercial use.
I just called Microsoft, and the rep told me that it IS okay to use it in that way, but I don't feel confident he really knew what I was asking.
Any other opinions/interpretations of this?
Thanks in advance.
Who is going to know? - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Why do you need to tell Microsoft what you're using their product for? You use it for other things besides your MT work. Who cares?
it's more an issue with compatability. There's no Word Police. - all these versions were built differenly. NM
[ In Reply To ..]''
Home and Student Word - nn
[ In Reply To ..]As far as using it for work, on a Word-based platform, YES, it does make a difference. One BIG difference between Home and Student and Professional versions of Word are in the updates you receive. You will not receive updates in the Home and Student Version like you would in Professional; hence, if you are typing in a Word-based platform and that platform updates, you could have serious problems. Like the old adage -- you get what you pay for.
Have used it for years... - anotherMT
[ In Reply To ..]I've used the Student version (2003 originally) for 10 years on numerous different transcription platforms (EMDAT, Cquence, Winscribe, and others) and never had a single issue with it. I even asked an IT person about it once and they said no worries. For medical transcription I probably use 10% of what MS Word is capable of...apparently whatever is "missing" from it isn't in the 10% of function that I need. ;-)
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