Office 2003 might not have updates and might not be safe but it is ok if the user has safe habits. All programs in this package are bullet proof. It doesn't take much space on the HD, works off line, no need for a microsoft account and logging-in, so the mother ship can snoop on what the user is up to and nag the user to upgrade or do this or that (I can see people struggling with that problem all the time). In daily use under Win XP till July 2020 with no problems at all. DOCX files, open with no problems (after installing Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel and PowerPoint). Their school files, created with newer Office including. I am building two machines and considering getting two more copies of office pro discs+COAs for my 11 year old children, as their school work requires opening Office files on the school network.

Good service, good price and very big relief that I don't have to put up with the nonsense of annoying gimmicks in the later versions of Office or some pay-me-every-year-for-the-'apps' approach of office 365. I did NOT try to see what would install from the supplied disk.

I wasn't disappointed because Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook was all I wanted. The software installed from the stick did NOT include Publisher or ACCESS database.

It installed on a just built WIN 8 (with all win updates) machine with no problems. The stick is an obligatory piece of hardware which has to be delivered with OEM software and the added bonus is that the installation from the stick takes seconds. I got instructions and an original CD in original OEM wrapper with a licence sticker and a memory stick with, presumably, the same Office Pro 2003. TAYLOR TRADING UK (24.95+delivery, cheapest Nov 2014) delivered it amazingly fast.

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