Microsoft office??

[blues n twos]

Hi all,

Just bought a new laptop that has a trial version of office for 30 days.

My dead laptop had office 2007 and once loaded it was there forever. It seems now you buy a yearly licence not cheap either.

I'm not a big user of office but have got used to having it. Does anyone have a copy of office they are not using. Say office 2010.

Can anyone recommend where to get a slightly older version that does not need renewing every year

Cheers all

Jon

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

You must have a trial for office 365. You can still buy office 2013 permanently or even 2010. On the other hand you can get kingsoft or libre office for free.

 

[blues n twos]

You must have a trial for office 365. You can still buy office 2013 permanently or even 2010. On the other hand you can get kingsoft or libre office for free.

Hi Marki, yes its a 30 day trial. I've managed to source a copy of office 2007 but will take a look at the ones you mentioned.

 

[newboy]

both the freeware options are as good for 90% of people...
and 90% of the rest don't like to admit it

 

[Dansin]

+1 for LibreOffice. I've been using it and previously OpenOffice for the last six years without issue.

 

[Wolf90]

Linux every time

 

[Bobbin-Man]

I've been using OpenOffice fine as a replacement to Word and Excel. Email I now do on-line anyway.

 

[Sumprat]

+1 for LibreOffice. I've been using it and previously OpenOffice for the last six years without issue.

Yup Libre Office is the way to go. It is a split from and further update to Open Office

 

[BillWright]

Hi

If you search there was another thread on this. I posted the link for getting this from MS for £9.99.

 

[Bumpkin]

For personal use any of the wannabe versions should suffice. If used in a business context then MS Office is the only option really, that's unless you want egg on your face. Had a client using Open Office until they sent me a spreadsheet that looked awful in Excel and nothing like they were getting on screen. Sent them a screen grab and they swiftly bought MS Office.

I'm staying put with Office 2010 Professional until forced in to the subscription model that perpetually lines their pockets. Already begrudgingly had to go that route with Adobe.

 

[BillWright]

http://www.microsofthup.com/hupuk/home.aspx?culture=en-GB

 

[Bumpkin]

http://www.microsofthup.com/hupuk/home.aspx?culture=en-GB

You need to expand on that: Surely you will require an employer that uses a volume licence for MS Office and is properly registered to take advantage of this offer?

 

[Paul Wakefield]

For personal use any of the wannabe versions should suffice. If used in a business context then MS Office is the only option really, that's unless you want egg on your face. Had a client using Open Office until they sent me a spreadsheet that looked awful in Excel and nothing like they were getting on screen. Sent them a screen grab and they swiftly bought MS Office.

I'm staying put with Office 2010 Professional until forced in to the subscription model that perpetually lines their pockets. Already begrudgingly had to go that route with Adobe.

You can still get Office 2013 standalone if you want. Some of the subscription models work out quite reasonably, depending on your circumstances; the best (for me anyway), is the extremely well hidden Office 365 ProPlus. And I'm keeping Office 2010 as a fallback.

But for personal use, the free versions are fine.

 

[Bumpkin]

You can still get Office 2013 standalone if you want.

No blooming upgrade path from 2010 though, robbing bastards, about £340. Probably to force those thinking of upgrading into the subscription Orifice 365 model instead. Apparently no great difference, under the skin, in functionality between 2010 and 2013, save a few peripheral bells and whistles anyway.

Some of the subscription models work out quite reasonably, depending on your circumstances; the best (for me anyway), is the extremely well hidden Office 365 ProPlus. And I'm keeping Office 2010 as a fallback.

Over the extended period they add up and maintain the revenue stream from your bank account into MS'.

Faced a similar dilemma with the Adobe Creative Suite, either buy into end of the line dead end product or go with perpetual Creative Cloud subscription. TBH I had been running on my my previous employer's licence until that point but was a/ pressing to get everything legit and b/ was getting compatibility issues with client and co-worker supplied files. At over £1k for the dead end, already redundant suite over the pricey £40 odd a month subscription was a hard choice for a one man, work form home, operation. Someone I collaboratively work with came up with an old legit licence that qualified me for a half price first year with the Creative Cloud option. Admittedly it's all tax deductible but all the same it's a bitter pill to be forced to take.

 

[Paul Wakefield]

True re upgrade and standalone now has very restrictive licence. As you say, all geared to drive towards the sub model.

Bells and whistles are useful for me so 2013 works for me.

Yes the cash cost does build up but my sub licence allows for 5 installations and I have to update each time there is a new release anyway so the cost actually works out less.

Fortunately I only need Adobe Reader and the standalone version of Lightroom so I am avoiding their subscription model like the plague!