Office 2010 is Microsoft's ad-supported version of Office, which is bundled & pre-installed with OEM. Recently, I wiped my hard disk off the OEM bloatware stuff and installed Windows 7 Ultimate from my licensed copy that I had purchased.
I wish to install Office 2010. Can I download it from MSFT's site? Is it available for download? My word processing and spreadsheet needs are very light, so I don't need the Standard and Pro versions. Please don't suggest OpenOffice/Libre Office.
Jun 17, 2010 - Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition is a free but ad-supported version of Office 2010, and many may want to download it since it will satisfy the.
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https://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/products/office/pages/office_2010_starter.aspx explains the answer, in short, 'no'.
How Is Office Starter 2010 Offered?
Office Starter 2010 is not a trial–it has a perpetual license that does not expire. Office Starter 2010 is an advertising-supported base productivity suite that is available only on new PCs. It must be preloaded on new PCs at the point of manufacture. Office Starter 2010 is not available for existing PCs at any time after manufacture; for example, Office Starter 2010 cannot be installed on new PCs being sold by resellers, even brand-new PCs. It will not be sold through distribution or available to end users as a standalone product.
To learn more about how to purchase and distribute Office Starter 2010 licenses, visit the worldwide OPC Office 2010 Licensing page.
my emphasis added mid-paragraph
How about the Home and Student version? Can be installed on up to 3 computers as well, so you can sort of divide the price by 3 :)
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Microsoft Office Starter 2010 gives home users who are buying preloaded PCs the ability to perform the most common and basic productivity tasks right out of the box. Office Starter consists of Microsoft Word Starter 2010 and Microsoft Excel Starter 2010 only, reduced functionality versions of Microsoft Word and Excel with advertising.
This version only works on 32-bit Windows machines.
Office Starter consists of Word Starter and Excel Starter only, reduced functionality versions of Microsoft Word and Excel with advertising. It does not contain Microsoft PowerPoint, OneNote, or Outlook.
Word Starter and Excel Starter are reduced functionality versions of the full versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Word Starter and Excel Starter include features for basic authoring and editing, but lack more powerful features like the ability to track comments and changes in your documents; password protect your documents; create tables of contents, footnotes, citations or bibliographies; perform advanced data analysis such as with pivot tables; and the ability to customize the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar.
Office Starter has the same file support as full Office 2010. You will be able to easily send documents back and forth from Office Starter to other people using the full versions of Word and Excel and vice versa. Starter provides full fidelity viewing, so people who are using Office Starter will still be able to see features that are not included in Office Starter.
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