MS Word Student/Teacher (3 installs) - that really means 3 licenses, right?

[stephen]

I mean, if my computer crashes or I switch to a new computer, I can move a license and install again, right?

[Gilbert]

I have upgraded machines twice and just used the same license without issue but yes, you do get three separate license codes with the Student/Teacher addition meaning you can install it on 3 different machines concurrently.

[tronnei]

If you install it on separate machines and use the same code for each install, you'll be prevented from using it on both machines at the same time. Otherwise, it'll work.

[roshi]

Microsoft - Mac division did a great job with this. You get three codes you can use simultaneously on three different machines. That is a good deal for Word, Excel, Entourage and Powerpoint x 3, for $140 or so.

I installed Office 2004 two hard drives ago, maybe 3 hard drives ago, in 2004 probably. The license key transferred right over with no hassle.

Microsoft hired a bunch of Apple engineers, years ago, and gave them their own unit and freedom to operate.

[ka jowct]

Microsoft hired a bunch of Apple engineers, years ago, and gave them their own unit and freedom to operate.

How much freedom can they have when they have to maintain compatibility with Orifice for Windoze? I'm assuming that's a big part of why the apps are so painfully clunky. I lose my temper every time I have to use Word or PeePoint. I want to just beat the living crap out of all those responsiible for the UI.

And how can PeePoint STILL be inferior to Persuasion in most ways (possibly in every way), given that development on Persuasion stopped in the mid- or late 90s?

[roshi]

In Word preferences, you can turn off anything you want, so you just have a bare document window.

I moved the toolbars over to be floating palettes, which I customized to be just what I want. And I mostly use the keyboard, so there really is no clunky user interface.

Word 2004 is massively customizable. You have have it look like almost anything. You could have it look like you are writing with a soldering iron on a piece of mahogany, if you want.

[ka jowct]

I'm still using Orifice X: I have had no need for 2004 and would prefer not to give money to M$. The only reason I have come up with for getting it would be the support for long file names, as the PC people from whom I occasionally.get files get incredibly verbose with their file names.

Some things that bug me: the awful implementation of styles and style sheets. Is that better in Word 2004?

Also, can you zoom in or out with key commands instead of having to dig through a menu?