Microsoft Office Home & Business 2010 Product Key Card

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Includes 2010 versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook.
• Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 gives you the tools to help you manage home, homework and business.
• New and improved email, scheduling and social networking tools keep you in touch with clients round the clock.
• Clarify and manage your financial data with new and improved analysis tools, charts, templates and color formatting in Excel 2010.
• The new Microsoft Office Backstage view replaces the traditional File menu found on previous versions of Microsoft Office.
• To make it easier to navigate tasks, as well as access and manage files.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0039L50J8
• Item model number: T5D-00295
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 5, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #7 in Software > Business & Office > Word Processing
  • #8 in Software > Business & Office > Business & Office Management Software

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 brings together the roles of managing a business, running a household and helping with homework. Get the benefits of all the programs you need to be productive including Microsoft Outlook 2010--so you can tackle your busy day efficiently with powerful email, scheduling and social networking tools to keep your life and work in sync.

Key Card Version

About Microsoft Office 2010 Product Key Cards
A Product Key Card provides another way to purchase Office with a PC. It includes a 25-character Product Key designed to activate Office software on a preloaded PC.

Product Key Card features

• Includes 25-character Product Key only, no disc.
• Designed to activate Office on 1 PC preloaded with Office 2010 suites. For a limited time, customers buying a PC without Office 2010 preloaded, can download the software at www.office.com/productkeycard.
• Licensed for 1 install on single PC only.
• License cannot be transferred to another PC.
• Download backup available at www.office.com/productkeycard.

Recommended for:

• Customers buying a PC who need Office for new PC only; don't need to upgrade other home PCs.
• Customers buying a PC who don't require DVD media and/or are okay downloading software (if Office not preloaded).
• Customers buying a new PC (best experience if customer simply uses the Product Key to activate a PC already preloaded with Office 2010 suites)

For customers who require Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 with a license for two machines (primary and portable PC), Office may be purchased in a traditional disc version.

Tackle Your Busy Day Efficiently Enjoy Flexibility Now you can easily post your Office documents online and access, share and edit them with Office Web Apps. It's an ideal way to extend your Office 2010 experience to the Web. Work Together Brainstorm ideas, share notes and work on documents with others simultaneously thanks to the new co-authoring tool in Word, PowerPoint and OneNote. Find It on New Backstage View Replaces the traditional File menu to give you one go-to spot to conveniently save, open and print documents. Customize the tab commands to fit your individual needs so you can navigate tasks effortlessly. Programs You Rely On Microsoft Office 2010 is an industry standard offering our latest, innovative tools to make your documents richer and more informative.

Included Programs

Enjoy the same great features you know and love with Office and get some new ones when you upgrade to Office 2010.

	Outlook 2010 Whether you're working from home or on the road, Microsoft Outlook 2010 helps you communicate with important contacts, manage email conversations and monitor your schedule from your PC or remotely. Simply post documents to online folders to access and edit remotely. Get improved features including: Sync multiple email accounts from services such as (Hotmail, Gmail) or just about any other provider to Outlook 2010. Condense, categorize and even ignore lengthy email exchanges with a single click using Conversation View. Save time with Quick Steps and customize the tasks you use the most down to a single click. Share your calendar with others and access theirs, plus save frequently used groups of calendars with the new Schedule view. Gain attention with your emails by using new graphic and picture-editing tools.
	Word 2010 From school fundraisers to company reports when you use Microsoft Word 2010 it all comes together efficiently. Create documents using new photo-editing features, lively text effects, then easily share them online and invite others to collaborate. Get more new tools with Word 2010: Add impact to your document with new picture-editing tools. Better illustrate your ideas with diagrams by turning bullet-point lists into compelling SmartArt graphics. Apply new formatting effects to your text such as shadow, bevel, glow and reflection. Capture and insert screenshots directly into your document. Communicate with ease in many languages with improved translation tools.
	Excel 2010 Saving for retirement, keeping track of tax information, tracking business expenses--all are important financial decisions. Microsoft Excel 2010 offers clear insight with simple templates to help you build budgets and track expenses so you can focus on financial goals. Get more new features with Excel 2010: Highlight data trends by creating data charts in a single cell with new Sparklines. Find the right data quickly with new filter enhancement in PivotTable views. Analyze data quickly. Highlight specific data with new and improved Conditional Formatting options. Display data in a dynamic and interactive way with PivotChart views. Spend less time sifting through data--use the new search filter to narrow down pertinent data to display.
	PowerPoint 2010 Pressed for time on a major project? Get ideas down fast with ready-made templates, new photo- and video-editing features and eye-catching transitions all with Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Get more new tools including: Embed and edit video files directly in your presentation. Set videos to fade in and out and apply a variety of video styles and formats. Broadcast your presentation online with new Broadcast Slide Show. Captivate your audience with new transitions and improved animations. Use slide sections to navigate, organize and print your presentation.
	OneNote 2010 Gather a wealth of business information and resources all in one spot with OneNote 2010. Post, share and edit notes with coworkers online so everyone can work at the same time with real-time updates. Get more new features with OneNote 2010: Use quick filing to organize notebooks, ideal when you're working on multiple projects. Apply styles and formatting to selected text to another paragraph with the new Format Painter. See results as you type with improved Search functionality and view a prioritized list of Search results. Easily organize and jump between your notebooks with the improved notebook Navigation Bar. Take notes while working in Word, PowerPoint or in Internet Explorer and automatically link them.

Need the very best tools to grow your business?
Step up to Microsoft Office Professional 2010 and get a comprehensive suite of tools and services to keep you organized, connected and competitive--including Access for complete data management and Publisher to create professional-quality marketing materials.

Product Description

Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 is the essential software suite for managing small businesses and working from home. Enhanced tools and features help you run your business, connect with customers, and organize your household more efficiently. Office Home and Business 2010 features new photo, video, and text effects for creating standout documents and presentations. New communication tools in Outlook 2010 help you stay in touch and organized. Office Home and Business 2010 makes it easier than ever for you to manage things in the office, at home, or in between.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

271 of 279 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good - But Bad Pricing Structure!, June 16, 2010

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Michael L. Tomlinson "Parson 1861" (FPO, AE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Home & Business 2010 Product Key Card (Software)

2010 offers some great improvements over Office 2007: Customizable ribbons and the File tab instead of the silly MS Button (which confused everyone), combined with improved graphics and font options are fantastic!! Office 2010 combines the best of older versions (2003, etc.) with the best of 2007. It would be a real winner except . . . .

Microsoft's decision to throw loyal customers under the bus in favor of "simplified pricing" means upgrade costs are prohibitive! Don't be duped into buying the "activation key" card, thinking of it as an upgrade path. The "Activation Key" version can ONLY be installed on one computer - Ever!! It cannot be transferred if you upgrade or change primary work systems - Doesn't even sound like it be reinstalled if you have to reinstall the OS for some reason. Given increasing competition from online apps and a tight economy -- Microsoft needs to seriously reconsiders its pricing structure!!!

Others are buying Office 2007 - thinking they can simply download and install Office 2010 as an upgrade - but I believe the same restrictions as the "Activation Key" will be in effect.

44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars BAD VALUE - KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING, July 18, 2010

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A. Wiersch (Lantana, TX USA (near Dallas)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Home & Business 2010 Product Key Card (Software)

This is like an OEM version - only one installation and one activation. Forget about installing it on more than one computer like the disc/retail version. Also, forget about moving it to another computer and getting it activated again (legally anyway).

I'd stay away from this unless you are absolutely sure that you will only be installing it and activating it on one computer AND that you will never want to move it to another computer in the future. Otherwise, pay a little more and get the non-PKC version that lets you install it on a desktop and notebook computer and move the license to another computer if you ever need or want to.

For a little more money, the non-PKC version is a much better value for many.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Whoa whoa whoa!! Before you click 'Add to Cart'!, July 22, 2010

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J. Dyer "hoseb" (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Home & Business 2010 Product Key Card (Software)

I am writing this after multiple conversations with Microsoft Tech Support.
Bottom line: Although Business Client Manager was included in Office 2007 Small Business, you have to purchase the Standard or Professional Version with multiple licenses before it is part of Outlook 2010.
For small business owners who owned Office 2007 Small Business, this is a major take away. Home and Business is in the same price range as 2007 Small Business was. 'Business' is in the name of both, so I assumed that it would have the same components. Now that it's installed, it would be major upheaval to try and go back to the previous version. We're talking hundreds of dollars more to purchase their minimum.
Nothing in Amazon's description states that BCM is there, nor does it warn you that it has been removed.
I told the Microsoft rep that, although I am not an attorney, the way this has been done might be opening themselves up to a class action lawsuit.
Buyer beware.