Active, enrolled college students who purchase a qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student product during the promotion timeframe may be eligible to upgrade to Office Professional Academic 2010 online, therefore an internet connection is required. The college student will need to verify their student status as well as the purchase date online in order to request the upgrade. Customers who choose to download the upgrade will not be charged. Customers who choose to order physical software will be charged a shipping and handling fee

You must first purchase a qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student product during the promotion timeframe from an authorized retailer, OEM, Microsoft.com or system builder. Once you’ve purchased Office 2010 Home and Student, you must install and activate the qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student product. Your activated Office 2010 Home and Student Product Key will be validated online during the redemption process. You should also keep your Office 2010 Home and Student receipt until you request and redeem your upgrade, as this may also be requested by Microsoft to confirm your eligibility. After you have activated, visit www.office.com/3AppBonus to validate your purchase date, your student status and fulfill the download. You will be required to enter your date of purchase and your Office 2010 Home and Student 25-character Product Key, and create a Windows Live ID if you do not already have one. Additional information may be required. Microsoft will validate whether you are eligible and determine the corresponding Office 2010 Professional Academic language. You can then either immediately download your Office 2010 Professional Academic upgrade at no additional cost, or order a DVD for an additional cost. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery of the DVD.

Below is a list of the eligibility requirements:

• Offer valid on qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student products purchased, installed and activated between the promotion eligibility dates.
• Office 2010 Professional Academic upgrade must be redeemed by the end date of the promotion. Requests made after this date will not be eligible.
• This offer is only for customers who purchased new, genuine, qualifying Office 2010 product at an authorized retailer/reseller, OEM or system builder or from Microsoft.com, and installed and activated it by Internet or phone between the promotion eligibility dates.
• Outlook, Publisher and Access will be distributed to the customer as an upgrade to Office 2010 Professional Academic.
• This offer is not valid for volume license customers, customers with Not-For-Resale or promotional product, customers who purchased Office 2010 product through the Home Use Rights Program or Student Select. It is not valid on trial or Office Starter 2010.
• Internet access is required. The academic verification and redemption process occurs online. Customers can choose to order physical software at an additional cost, however that process also takes place online.
• Customer will be required to provide purchase date and an Office 2010 25-character product Key in order to redeem the Office 2010 Professional Academic upgrade. Both purchase date and key activation date must be within the promotion eligibility dates. You may also be required to provide proof of purchase, so keep your Office 2010 receipt or proof of purchase and Office 2010 25-character product key until you redeem your upgrade offer.
• Student verification will take place exclusively through the Microsoft Academic Verification Engine during the upgrade process.
• This offer is valid for full and part time higher-education students enrolled in a public or private accredited institution including junior college, college, university, vocational school, scientific or technical school that is an accredited academic institution are eligible for this offer. Alumni of these institutions are excluded from this offer.
• Customers will be subject to the Office 2010 Professional Academic EULA and will be required to agree to the agreement before activating the product.
• Limit of 1 academic upgrade per customer.
• Offer applies only to initial purchases or acquisitions of Office 2010 Home and Student qualifying product.
  The full list of the Office 2010 products that qualify for the Academic Upgrade are:
• Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student product key card (PKC)
• Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student software disc(Full packaged product  or FPP)
• Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student point of sale activated product (POSA)
• Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student electronic software distributed product (ESD)
• Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student OEM License (DOEM)

• Office 2010 products that do not qualify for the promotion are:
• Office 2010 Professional
• Office 2010 standalone applications
• Office for Mac
• All previous versions of Microsoft Office (2003, 2007)
• Subscription based product
• Product managed under volume license
  

• Program requires Windows Live ID
• Academic upgrade availability varies by language, based on language-specific Office 2010 product release dates. Offer is not available in all languages. These are the languages this promotion is available in:
• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Greek
• Italian
• Portuguese
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Arabic
• Czech
• Danish
• Finnish
• Hebrew
• Hungarian
• Japanese
• Norwegian
• Polish

• Microsoft reserves the right to deny and/or disregard any upgrade request deemed in Microsoft's sole discretion to be false or fraudulent. Microsoft is not responsible for late requests. Fraudulent submission of multiple requests and/or providing false information disqualifies the request.

Yes. If you purchased A PC with Office Home and Student 2010 pre-installed during the promotion, you are eligible for the upgrade.

Internet access is required because the Back to School Promotion for College Students verification and redemption process occurs online. Customers can choose to order physical software for a fee, but the order must be submitted online.

To be eligible for the Back to School Promotion for College Students, you must purchase, install and activate a qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student product between promotion eligibility dates. Install means that you must load the qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student product onto your PC. To install your product, follow the directions in your product packaging. Once your qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student product is installed, you must then activate your product with your 25 character Product Key via the Internet or over the phone. To install and activate your software, follow these steps.

If you meet the program eligibility requirements you may redeem one Office 2010 Professional Academic upgrade for one qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student product. Any Home and Student purchase including product key card (PKC), full packaged product (FPP), point of sale activated product (POSA), electronic software distributed product (ESD), or via direct OEMs is valid as long as it is from an authorized retailer or partner. The Office 2010 Home and Student product can only be upgraded to the same language version as what was originally purchased. You will receive Office 2010 Professional Academic which has all of the same applications as Office Home and Student plus Outlook, Publisher and Access. Office for Mac is not included in this promotion.

The following Office 2010 products are not eligible for the Back to School Promotion for College Students:

• Office 2010 Professional
• Office 2010 standalone applications
• Office for Mac
• All older products and products purchased outside of the purchase date are not eligible

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010

Includes:

• Microsoft Word 2010
• Microsoft Excel 2010
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
• Microsoft OneNote 2010

Microsoft Office Professional Academic 2010

Includes:

• Microsoft Word 2010
• Microsoft Excel 2010
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
• Microsoft OneNote 2010
• Microsoft Outlook 2010
• Microsoft Access 2010
• Microsoft Publisher 2010

Yes, the three upgrade applications also cannot be used for commercial use.

Review the Microsoft Office 2010 system requirements on your Office 2010 Home and Student packaging to determine if your PC has the necessary requirements.

No, you may only upgrade one PC with Office 2010 Home and Student per customer during this promotion if you meet the other eligibility requirements.

No. Only purchases by a validated student of Office Home and Student 2010 product key card (PKC), full packaged product (FPP), point of sale activated product (POSA), electronic software distributed product (ESD), or via direct OEMs during the promotion timeframe are eligible. Home Use Program (HUP) is not eligible.

No. Only purchases by a validated student of product key card (PKC), full packaged product (FPP), point of sale activated product (POSA), electronic software distributed product (ESD), or via direct OEMs during the promotion timeframe are eligible.

No. Only purchases by a validated student of product key card (PKC), full packaged product (FPP), point of sale activated product (POSA), electronic software distributed product (ESD), or via direct OEMs during the promotion timeframe are eligible.

If the promotion is available in your language and country,   return to the promotion page to start the validation and redemption process.

No. There are no refunds or returns on software received through the Back to School Promotion for College Students. This policy applies both to downloaded software and/to physical software a customer may have ordered.

No. There are no pre-orders for the Back to School Promotion for College Students. To receive your Office 2010 Professional Academic upgrade, go to www.office.com/3AppBonus when you have made your qualifying purchase to begin the verification and redemption process.

You will have two choices when redeeming your upgrade. You can either immediately download Office 2010 Professional Academic at no additional cost or you can order physical software at an additional cost. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery of the physical software.

You must purchase a qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student product in order to be eligible for the Back to School Promotion for College Students. If you are eligible for the promotion, you can choose to download your upgrade at no additional cost or order physical media for a fee. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery of the physical media.

No. The Microsoft Back to School Promotion for College Students is available only for the following product languages:

• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Greek
• Italian
• Portuguese
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Arabic
• Czech
• Danish
• Finnish
• Hebrew
• Hungarian
• Japanese
• Norwegian
• Polish

Note: The language of the qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student purchase will determine the language of the Office 2010 Professional Academic upgrade.

No. The language of the qualifying Office 2010 Home and Student purchase will determine the language of the Office 2010 Professional Academic upgrade.

Your Office 2010 Home and Student Product Key is 25 characters and you may be able to find the Product Key for a full version in more than one location, depending on how it was obtained (CD/DVD, downloaded, subscription, or preinstalled by the computer manufacturer, system builder, or reseller). To find the Product Key for a full version, check the following locations:

1. Sticker on the CD case or other packaging.
2. Certificate of Authenticity.
3. Confirmation e-mail message that was received from an online purchase.
4. Sticker on the computer.
5. Documentation or user manual included with your computer.

Get more information about finding your Product Key

Read this article at the Microsoft Support site about how to get a new Product Key for help.

No, you are limited to only one upgrade per student. You can install Office 2010 Home and Student Full packaged product (FPP) on three computers, but you can only upgrade to get the extra three applications on one of those three.

No returns will be accepted on activated product.

There are several ways to verify your student status during this process. Please try one of the other methods that are outlined within the academic verification engine tool.

No, you must install and activate Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student on the same machine that you plan to redeem your upgrade.

Your student status will be validated via the Microsoft Academic Verification Engine. During the redemption process, you will be prompted for your student credentials.

During the verification process, you will have an option to “Add a School”. You can start this process or verify your student status using a different method within the academic verification engine.

Yes. As long as you purchase the eligible product within the eligible window, you can come back to the site and redeem the offer when you meet the eligibility requirements (in the redemption window of course). You must be actively enrolled for at least one day during the redemption period.

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