) or Office 2013 SKUs that are more comparable to what's out there already. Windows users who buy these SKUs will have a choice of upgrading to Office 365 Home Premium (which is currently one of the new Office versions that is being beta tested
#Microsoft office 2002 free update upgrade
It appears the upgrade offer for Office will be for Windows users who purchase Office 2010 Home & Student, Home & Business 2010, Professional 2010 or University 2010 and Mac users who purchase University 2011 or Home & Student 2011 between October 19 and April 30, 2013. My contact sent me a couple of screen shots of what allegedly appeared briefly on the /offer page (which is not currently available), which I have included below. The Windows Vista upgrade program before this was free.
#Microsoft office 2002 free update pro
Microsoft announced it will be charging those who purchase Windows 7 PCs between June 2 and January 31, 2013, $14.99 to obtain an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro once it is generally available. If Office follows Windows' lead, it may not be. It's unknown whether the Office 2013 one will be, as well.
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The Office 2010 tech guarantee upgrade program was free. The period of coverage was seven months, roughly the same amount of time the Office 2013 tech guarantee supposedly will last. Microsoft offered the Office 2010 tech guarantee program for those purchasing Office 2007 as of March 2010. (Those with TechNet/MSDN and volume-licensing agreements would likely get the final bits shortly after they RTM.) My sources have heard that the RTM target is November 2012, with general availability slated for February 2013 Microsoft officials have not shared public guidance as to Office 2013's planned release-to-manufacturing (RTM) or general availability dates.
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If this is correct, users purchasing Office 2010 between that date and the end of the covered period (which my same contact said is April 30, 2013) will get some kind of guaranteed upgrade to Office 2013 once it is generally available. One of my contacts said the Office 2013 upgrade guarantee will begin in about a month's time - specifically on October 19. Just like it does with Windows, Microsoft typically offers its Office customers an upgrade guarantee program, allowing them to buy the current version of a product with a free or discounted upgrade to the next one being part of the package.