Software giant Microsoft has announced the retail prices for Microsoft Office 2010 for the UK buyers.

Microsoft has plans to launch three to four versions of the Office 2010 in June this year.

The new product key version will be cheaper than the traditional boxed version.

Microsoft will charge 430 pounds for the boxed version and 300 pounds for the product key version of Office Professional. Office Home & Business will cost around 240 pounds in a box and 190 pounds in a key product version.

The box and key product versions of Office Home and Student are priced at 110 pounds and 90 pounds respectively.

Basically, each of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access and Publisher will cost 119.99 pounds, while OneNote will cost 69.99 pounds.