Microsoft has officially revealed the prices for its Office 2010 edition, for both retiled boxed and Product Key Card editions.

Windows and Office are the key products for Microsoft, and their updates are eagerly awaited by users everywhere. As far as Windows goes, the company has already released the grand Widows 7 operating system, which came out in October last year and has been pegged a huge success.

And now it is time for Office 2010, which is a follow up of Office 2007, and the software is about 6 months away from release. Prices for the same have, however, been already officially announced.

While the Office Home and Student is priced at $149 for Retail Box and $119 for Product Key Card, the same for Office Home and Business are $279 and $199, respectively, and for Office Professional, the prices are $499 and $349, again respectively.

Office Professional Academic is only being offered as a Retail box edition, at a price of $99.

The prices for users who want to upgrade from their existing versions have not been shared for different versions yet.