Just to clarify your response, if the Microsoft Office Student and Teacher
edition was purchased when the student or teacher was qualified to operate
the software, the user and his/her household memebrs may continue to use the
Office suite as long as they wish.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/edit...ouqualify.mspx
"You are still eligible to use this product after you or a member of your
household no longer qualifies as an educational user."

Thank you and all of the other MVPs for the great and helpful responses!!

Kevin Shannon
High School Student
Microsoft Partner

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Like I mentioned before, if you are not a student or teacher,
> you are not eligible to use it.
>
> Academic Discounts for Education Faculty and Staff
> http://www.microsoft.com/EducaÂ*tion...Discounts.aspx
>
> Limitations of Academic Versions:
>
> --- For noncommercial, educational use only.
> --- For qualified educational users only.
> --- Non-upgradeable to the next version.
> --- Non-transferable.
> --- Has installation support only.
> --- Has a non-perpetual license that is tied to the eligibility of the user.
> (If a user is no longer a student or educator, the license is no longer
> valid)
>
> Your right to use the Academic version of Windows XP ends when
> you no longer meet the criteria for using the Academic version of XP.
>
> If you do not meet the above criteria, then you cannot use the
> Academic Version of Office.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
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>
> "confused!" wrote:
>
> | Thanks for your response. But my question is, if this edition for teachers
> | and students is cheaper than the other one, why would someone bother buying
> | the other one which is twice as expensive? It's just too good to be true to
> | me. I was told by a customer rep at the store I bought the software from,
> | that microsoft asks for you to verify that you're a student or else the
> | system will shut down. Was he wrong? And by the way, what does "Licensed
> | for noncommercial use" mean? Thanks for your attention to my question.
>
>