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The inevitable has happened and Microsoft has decided to install a Starter Edition of Office 2010 on new PCs which will run adverts thus making it free. Included in the package will be MS Starter Word and Excel only. The move comes with a view to lure in customers and drive them away from old legacy applications like MS Works.

The Starter Edition will in fact be a limited version and users will be able to upgrade to the full version from within the MS Office 2010 environment. The full version procedures are also being finalized and users will have to buy Key Cards in order to activate their versions of MS Office. Since PCs will come preloaded with the software package there will be no CD/DVDs shipped to them, users will only have to enter their Key Cards to unlock.

New Office off course means newer features, but as far as I can see people seem reluctant to switch over to new versions just for the heck of it. I mean if your Office suite has all the features you need then why upgrade to something new unless absolutely necessary. By the way no date for the release has been announced as yet. For those who want to have a go at the new suite without buying a new PC will have to do it online from Office.com.

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