Microsoft also plans to sell standalone copies of the Professional versions of Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access through a number of channels, including retailers. Microsoft has not yet disclosed pricing for any Office 2003 packages. Office XP Standard is priced at $479 for new users, while Office XP Professional retails for $579.
The company will continue offering an Office Students and Teachers Edition, including all the applications available in the Standard Edition. With Office 2003, Microsoft plans to loosen the eligibility requirements for the edition, making it available not only to students, but to their parents as well. Any family with children under 18 will qualify to purchase the edition, Marks said.
Microsoft expects the Students and Teachers Edition to be its leading Office 2003 seller to home users, he said. By Microsoft's calculations, more than 50 percent of
Microsoft also plans to expand the installation license for the edition, allowing purchasers to install and concurrently use the software on as many as three PCs within the same home. Currently, Microsoft's Office licenses allow home users to install the software on both a primary PC and a backup computer, such as a laptop, but the two devices cannot be used simultaneously.
A bare-bones Office suite, Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition, will be available only as a preinstalled product sold directly from computer manufacturers, much as Microsoft's Office XP Small Business Edition is now. The Basic Edition will include Word, Excel and Outlook.
Microsoft Office 2003 is slated for worldwide release in late-June. It will initially be offered in English, German, French, and Japanese, with localized versions in more than 20 languages scheduled to follow by the end of the year.
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