The cheaper PKC copies of Office 2013 soften the sting of Microsoft's price increases for the suite: It bumped up prices of a single license as much as 17% when compared to 2010's PKC prices. But the full-priced versions, called 'Full Packaged Product,' or FPP, by the company, could be reassigned.įPP versions vanished with the debut of Office 2013. Office 2010 PKCs had the same limitations, Microsoft said in attempt to convince customers that it had not really changed the Office license with 2013. Office 2013 licenses are permanently tied to a specific PC, and cannot be reassigned to another machine unless that PC conks out during its warranty period.Ī's marketing materials, for instance, labeled the Office 2013 license as a 'one-time purchase for the life of your PC non-transferrable.'

There's also no difference between the full-priced and PKC versions on the rights their licenses grant.Īs Microsoft pointed out Tuesday in a blog post, all Office 2013 versions have adopted the more restrictive rights that first showed up in Office 2010's PKCs. (No retail edition of Office 2013 comes with a DVD or other physical installation media, a Microsoft Store sales representative confirmed today.) That's the same way, more or less, that buyers acquire Office from Microsoft's online store or at Amazon, where they plunk down money and then download the suite.

But PKCs can also be used to activate a copy downloaded directly from Microsoft's website.

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