Microsoft sets prices for forthcoming Office 2010
Microsoft Corp. will sell four versions of the forthcoming Office 2010 software for prices ranging from $99 to $499.
The product is slated to be released in June.
The software giant announced on Tuesday that it will be selling the Office Home and Student edition, which comes with four core programs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, for $149. This can be used on three computers in the home.
The ‘Product Key Card,’ which has a code to unlock one copy of Office 2010 is pre-loaded on new PCs, costs $119.
The education-only version from Micrsoft, Office Professional Academic, is available for $99. In addition to the core programs, the academic version comes with the Outlook email program, Publisher for desktop publishing and the Access database software.
Office Home and Business, which includes Outlook along with the four core programs, will cost $297.







