Microsoft Office Home & Student 2010 Key Card - 1PC/1User

by Microsoft

• Rich and powerful new ways to deliver your work on your computer, Windows Mobile-based smart phone or a web browser
• Easy-to-use tools, customizable templates, color schemes, and photo-editing capabilities
• Work with people from different places at the same time with the new co-authoring experience
• More ways to access your files from almost anywhere, Office 2010 puts you in control of getting things done according to your schedule
• Simplifies your tasks and creates amazing results

Product Details

• 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: B0039L31JY
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches ; 0.6 ounces
• Release Date: June 15, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (232 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #4 in Software > Business & Office > Word Processing
  • #8 in Software > Business & Office > Office Suites

Product Description

Platform: PC

Amazon.com

With Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010, you and your kids can create great schoolwork and home projects from multi-page bibliographies to multimedia presentations. Capture ideas and set them apart with video-editing features and dynamic text effects. Then easily collaborate with classmates without being face-to-face thanks to new Web Apps tools. The results go well beyond expectations with a little inspiration, a lot of creativity and Office Home and Student 2010.

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 Student 2010 with a license for three machines in the same household, Office may be purchased in a traditional disc version.

Capture Ideas and Set Them Apart 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.

	Word 2010 School fundraisers and neighborhood events come together efficiently when you use Word 2010. Create documents using new photo-editing features, lively text effects, then easily share them online and invite others to collaborate. Get more new features 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, changing homes, cutting expenses--all are important financial decisions. Excel® 2010 offers useful direction with simple templates to help you build budgets and track expenses so you can focus on financial goals. Get more new tools 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 assignment? 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 features 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 information and resources all in one spot with OneNote 2010. Post, share and edit notes for group projects 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.

Looking to stay connected?
Step up to Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 and you'll get another helpful program--Outlook 2010. Now you can access projects, people and plans wherever your work takes you. Use efficient new email, calendar and social networking tools to manage your world from your PC, mobile phone or online.

Product Description

Microsoft Office 2010 gives you powerful new tools to express your ideas, solve problems, and connect with people.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

124 of 131 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Cannot be upgraded, so be careful! May 20, 2012

By Brian Foreman

Platform for Display:PC Download|Amazon Verified Purchase

This software is the same quality software we all expect from Microsoft and I am certain you'll be pleased with it (more on that later)---but first, be very careful about what you're buying, because there is no longer an upgrade path between Office 2010 versions:

I purchased this product for my brother, who did not need Outlook. Once installed, however, I realized that the software labels itself "Not for commercial use"--meaning, it's not licensed for use in a business, and this was going to be for use in an office. This was clearly my fault: I was only looking at the included products, and not thinking about the license terms.

No matter; I figured I would simply upgrade him to "Home and Business"--only to find that Microsoft's latest upgrade strategy is...well, there isn't one. According to Microsoft, this keeps things simpler for consumers, because apparently we were having trouble understanding the difference between "upgrade" and "full" versions. So to upgrade, you just have to buy the higher-level version at full price. For this reason, I feel Microsoft should do a little more "are you sure?" work during installation (for example, "Is this software going to be used in a business environment?" would have been a great question in my case...)

So if you're purchasing this for a business, OR you think you will need Outlook, Access or Publisher eventually, strongly consider buying either the Home and Business version (adds Outlook and business licensing) or Professional version (additionally adds Access and Publisher) instead of this one.

As far as the software itself, this suite is everything most people need: Word (the word-processor), Excel (spreadsheet), PowerPoint (presentation software) and OneNote (a note-taking app optimized for laptop and tablet use), with a number of nice improvements over 2007: They replaced the big round button with a "File" tab for a more consistent (and less confusing) interface, image editing is much improved (not Photoshop, but WAY better than before), and PowerPoint transitions are much easier to control now as well. Not huge stuff, but I do think this version is worth the extra money compared to the 2007 version, and you'll find yourself becoming productive with it in a hurry--especially if you're coming from version 2007 (Version 2003 users will take longer, but it's worth it, promise!)

(***UPDATE: When I originally realized my purchasing mistake, I emailed Amazon asking them if I could return the software. After re-reading the license terms, however, I realized there would be no way they could. So, I just purchased the Home and Business version and considered it an expensive lesson. After writing this review to warn others, however, I was SHOCKED AND STUNNED to find an email in my inbox explaining that my original purchase of the Home and Student version had been cheerfully refunded.

This was nearly unbelievable to me. I clearly didn't deserve a refund, but Amazon gave me one anyway. Whatever gripe I may have with the Microsoft licensing strategy, it was more than made up for by Amazon customer service. Wow. I will never buy software anywhere else after this...)

170 of 183 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Buy the disc version instead - better value + disc for recovery November 14, 2010

By Tech Reader

Platform for Display:PC

The Disc version costs $120 currently, and product key version $106.

The Disc version can be installed on three PC's instead of just one for the product key version.

The Disc version provides for easier emergency recovery/reinstall (no downloads) compared to the product key version.

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore negative (and inaccurate) comments! March 15, 2012

By Chris

Platform for Display:PC Download|Amazon Verified Purchase

Please note that the negative comments for this product are not accurate.

This purchase DOES INCLUDE a full download of Microsoft Office 2010 as well as a single key code to use with the product. Something may have changed since the inaccurate comments were made, but the software CAN be downloaded directly from amazon.com immediately after purchase.