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Liquidfluidity

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http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Offi...tag=atmlinr-20

My other half is a med transcriptionist. I put a machine together for her and all has been good.......until she changed jobs. I had previously installed Office 2003(hacked version) and the new job system required Office to be updated to SP3. Guess what? It was detected as an illegitimate copy. Basically it is now being flagged as a trial version and we have X amount of days to validate it. I'm looking for a cheap new legitimate version and came across the version linked above. Can someone explain what the "for builders" actually means? To my understanding , it just means that it can only be used with one PC , which would be no big deal since it's her work machine and is used for nothing else.

My other choice is to buy OEM which Amazon has for about $50. What would you guys do?
 
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OEM = can only be used on 1 machine, license dies with the machine (cannot be transferred to a new computer), special purchase requirement may apply (supposed to be sold with the purchase of a computer, or hardware parts - also called "system builder" edition for this purpose), install discs available for a small fee

Key Card (Office 2010) = this method is used to activate a preinstalled "trial" edition installed by the manufactuer, same rights as OEM, install discs available for a small fee

Retail License (Office 2010) = can be used with 2 machines (desktop/laptop), license is transferable to a different computer, physical install media is included (CDs), no special purchase requirements

I would buy a retail copy of Office 2010 Home & Business - it's like $220 for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. She can install it onto a laptop or different computer if she wants to in the future, and she doesn't have to worry about missing security updates.

If the cost is a huge concern or she doesn't use it that much to justify the investment, maybe try OpenOffice? I wouldn't bother purchasing an old version just to save a few bucks though unless there is a really good reason for it.
 
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Liquidfluidity

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Money for a newer version is not a problem but most of the transcription companies are using 2003. So this is a must in able for her to work. There is no difference between OEM and the "builders" version? I have seen both.
 
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Liquidfluidity said:
Money for a newer version is not a problem but most of the transcription companies are using 2003. So this is a must in able for her to work.
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In which case, why didn't you use a legit version in the first place?

Office 2007/2010 can save files in the older formats.
 
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Liquidfluidity

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Had no issues with the cracked version until she started a second job that needed the SP3 version. I've used the cracked version for years without updating .
 
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don't install OGA man. office 2k3 is the last version to use non-activation VLK. so as long as you don't have OGA it will not check for activation as genuine.
 
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You do know Office 2007 or Office 2010 can save files in old 2003 and earlier formats.
This can also be set as default if you do not want the newer file types. The only issues you may run into, is some macros and formulas from older software, may not work or need some tweaking in 2007 or 2010 versions.
 
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