[Cory]

I am a recent mac convert and need Office for my law practice. My girlfriend is a Teacher and has Office Student-Teacher edition which I can make use of. Are there any differences between the two. If so what?
Thanks

[bofus]

Only the "Professional" version of Office for the Mac includes Virtual PC. The difference between the S&T version and the Standard version is the license agreement.
Regards,

[dougster]

-Hi,
My wife has the Office-Mac student/teacher version also. One of the trade-offs is you don't get the next full blown version for an upgrade price like you would with the retail version. But you can upgrade that particular version off the website, if there are any updates available before the next full version.

[Cory]

Thanks to all for all the input

[whazzup]

Read the EULA. I don't think you can technically use the student-teacher version for commercial purposes. Using it in the course of practicing law may technically violate the EULA. However, even if this is true, one would be very unlikely to be caught. You would just have to justify it to your conscience.

[Nobody]

Breaking a contract has no bearing on getting or not getting caught... more of a matter of enforcement. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Randy_B_Singer]

Using software in your business that you don't have a license for isn't a small matter. If you work in a big city folks like the Software Publisher's Association regularly make sweeps into such cities and advertise their presence on the radio. If you have only one disgruntled employee, they can turn you in, and the resulting subpeona's, searches, lawsuit, etc. can be very nasty.
It's true that it isn't likely to happen to you, especially if you don't work in a big city. But if you are an attorney, and you end up being sued because you are using software that you don't have a license for, your state Bar association isn't going to have much of a sense of humor about it...

[Nobody]

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If you have only one disgruntled employee, they can turn you in,...

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While I quite agree about larger organizations being careful and would not wish to get caught with their proverbial pants down, the feared incoveniences posed by disgruntled employees are going to be far less of an issue, thanks to the fascist nine, rules for protecting whistle blowers have already changed. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif