Microsoft Office Standard vs. Professional

[Stu]

Is there any reason for me to spend $20 extra to buy Microsoft Office Professional Plus? I need to get Office, and can buy it through my daughter's education discount for $59. The Office Professional Plus is $20 more. Not sure I would use any of the additional stuff. Standard has what I need -- principally PP, Word and Excel. Professional includes Access 2007, InfoPath and Publisher.

Any feedback?

Thanks.
Stu

 

[adversity04]

You're probably best off with standard unless you might need the other programs. $20 for all the extras is worth it imo.

 

[Thomas]

I use Access like a madman, so any version of office without it is useless to me. That said, if you don't already use Acecss and don't do much in the way of custom reporting, I'd go with standard.

 

[GQgeek]

What about onenote?

 

[DNW]

Spend the $20 and get the Pro version. You might not need some of the functionalities right now, but it's there when you need it later--and you can't exactly pay $20 to upgrade.