Thanks for the comments.

To Kemmrich - I see what you are saying. If I have Office 10 Starter, Maybe only and Office 10 Key Card will work. However, when I'm in an Office 10 Starter application and click to upgrade, I'm offered Office H&S 2013 in Key Card, so they must have a way for a 2013 Key Card to work with my 2010 Starter.

To Others - When I got my W7 computer I decided to go Office-free. I used the Open Office suite and Mozilla Thunderbird mail with Lightning calendar. They all work OK. Then I discovered that I could install my Office 2002 from my disks from my XP computer (yeah, disks) and now used Word and Excel which I like much more than Open Office. And Thunderbird is just fine for me.

But I consult with folks that use Excel and I just want to get up to date with them, and Excel 2010 and 2013 have some new features and functions I could use. So If I had my way, I'd just get Excel 2013. I'll be happy getting Office H&S 2013 for about $140.

Sooooo ----- I just want to know if there is an upside or down side to the Digital Download or Key Card approach.

Any other opinions

kelso

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