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The program package MS Office 2010 is so extensive, varied and complex that I would deliberately refrain from a detailed consideration of individual features - any attempt at such a detailed analysis can only partly succeed and only illuminate a small fraction of the countless possibilities of this software. Just this: As a longtime Microsoft Office users, I am also with the 2010 version completely satisfied! The new features are implemented in this case in my opinion very useful, expanding the personal design and processing capabilities, enabling an efficient and uncomplicated working with the program. The purchase price of just 100 here at Amazon (as of end of July 2010) I find extremely low: 33, - per license for 4 full-fledged programs - what more could you want!

In the following review I would rather deal with a few points that have occupied me before buying this Office package, but not specified in the product description so clearly were. I hope I can use it, if necessary, answer questions and provide one or the other, an additional and effective assistance in their purchasing decisions.

1) Number of licenses:
with acquisition of the Home & Student DVD obtained licenses for 3 different PCs in the same household. These licenses are valid regardless of whether this is to pupils, students or teachers - this limitation of earlier versions no longer exists: for non-commercial purposes may Home & Student therefore be used by anyone (!)!

2.) Installation:
after inserting the installation DVD and enter the present on the packaging of the volume product key, the individual programs are installed quickly and easily on the respective PC. In this case a 32-bit version and a 64bit version is available - recommended by Microsoft and ME for normal home use and perfectly adequate in this case is the 32bit version.

3.) Operating programs:
I installed this Office package both on a computer with Windows 7, a PC with Windows Vista, and finally on a computer running Windows XP. On all 3 PCs, this software runs smoothly, without error and without any restrictions. Whether and how these programs correspond well with earlier Windows operating systems, I can not judge.

4) Product activation:
are each of the individual licenses must separately within 30 days after the program has been installed on the PC, activated - If such activation, as may the Office package after this deadline will only be used yet to open, view and print files; an active work with the program is no longer possible!
Is the PC during program installation connected to the Internet, the activation is automatic without any interference of the user! Here per activation process automatically (ie per license) an ID number. awarded. Personal data such as name or address will not be queried when activating via the Internet! The assigned ID number. as well as confirmation of product activation can then be reconstructed from the Help menu of each program.
If the PC is not connected during the software installation to the internet, so this activation must be within the above-mentioned deadline but rescheduled by telephone later either via the Internet or.

5.) file format:
The files are by default (eg .docx or .xlsx) in Office 2010 format saved. To ensure also compatibility with older versions of Office, the files can be on request at any older MS Office - format store. So can be opened with Office 2010 files created with "low order" Office versions, edited and saved. The other way around can be naturally created with older versions of Office files in MS Office Open 2010 without any problems and continue working.