Microsoft Office 2010 team has today officially announced the cost of Office 2010 suit, ahead of CES. According to Microsoft, Office 2010 beta was downloaded 2 million times in just seven weeks, which calculates to more than 40,000 downloads per day.

It has surpassed all previous records and most importantly 9 out of 10 users feel satisfied with Office 2010 beta and consider it a great improvement over Office 2007.

Office Home and Student will cost $149, Office Home and Business will cost $279, Office Professional will cost $499, and Office Professional Academic will cost only $99. The price of Product Key card differ, refer to the chart below which outlines the cost of each version.

Version Boxed Product Product Key Card
Office Home and Student $149 $119
Office Home and Business $279 $349
Office Professional $499 $349
Office Professional Academic $99 N/A

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Office Home and Student will include the following apps:

•Word 2010
•Excel 2010
•PowerPoint 2010
•OneNote 2010
Office Home and Business will include the following apps:

•Word 2010
•Excel 2010
•PowerPoint 2010
•OneNote 2010
•Outlook 2010
Office Professional and Office Professional Academic will include the following apps:

•Word 2010
•Excel 2010
•PowerPoint 2010
•OneNote 2010
•Outlook 2010
•Publisher 2010
•Access 2010
Microsoft plans to officially release Office 2010 to the public in June, 2010.
Source http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/01/05/what-the-office-team-will-be-talking-about-at-ces.aspx