What is the difference between MS Office 2007 standard edition and MS Office 2007 Home & Student edition?

Question

I have to get MS word for work. 2007 standard edition is $399 and 2007 home&student edition is $149. Aside from the price, what is the difference? All I need is MS word. Is it possible to purchase that and not the entire office suite?

I wish I could go with openoffice but I am starting an internship that requires Word. I have Corel Wordperfect that is compatible with Word also, but they are insisting on Word.

Answer 1

To answer your first question the main difference is price, the other difference is the fact that cheaper edition has less features, but that's fine because i have never met a human being that uses all the features office has. So you probably wont notice the difference if you don't really want power user experience from it. And my second answer is a sorry, because Microsoft will never sell Word on its own, because they know people will buy the entire suite just for Word.

and i really dont know what the person below is on about, i have never encountered word on its own in my life, nor even heard of its existence, maybe if u use illegal distributions of it u can. if u can i stand corrected and with a slightly higher opinion of Bill gates.

Answer 2

There are the same, functionally.

You can also buy M$-Word by itself.

OR, try Open Office, it's free and compatible. "Save your Money!".