New laptop-what version of office would work?

moneysavingwannabe

Hi,

I am planning on buying a new laptop as work are taking mine off me when I go on Maternity leave.

It will prob be the Acer Aspire 5536 with vista installed.
I have a lot of documents in publisher/word/excel so would I need a professional version to get publisher?

Also if I took the upgrade to windows 7 would say offiice 2003 be compatable? What is the cheapest way of getting office? I am a teacher so don't know if any deals are available? (Running 2003 at mo on xp & vista - I think!!)

Delboy24

There used to be a student and teacher version of Office available so dont know if that covers you but it was a lot cheaper - about £90

In terms of the new office version it is backward compatible with previous versions of office, you just need an add-in which is downloadable and you can also choose to save files in the 2003 format - the difference is in the end suffix on the file name.

You could always try open office as a free alternative.!!

moneysavingwannabe

Thanks, would I be able to open my office docs in open office tho?

I just want the cheapest way of being able to use my files am used to office 2003 so not bothered about having the newest software. Just cheapest way of opening my files and adding new ones.

spaceman5

moneysavingwannabe wrote: »

Hi,

I am planning on buying a new laptop as work are taking mine off me when I go on Maternity leave.

It will prob be the Acer Aspire 5536 with vista installed.
I have a lot of documents in publisher/word/excel so would I need a professional version to get publisher?

Also if I took the upgrade to windows 7 would say offiice 2003 be compatable? What is the cheapest way of getting office? I am a teacher so don't know if any deals are available? (Running 2003 at mo on xp & vista - I think!!)

if you have a child in education you can get a copy of office 2007 enterprise for £35, at software4students, you can install it on 2 computers as well, HTH Dave

moneysavingwannabe

Hi,

That looks like a really good deal but don't have any children ....yet!
Don't suppose being a teacher qualifies me?

spaceman5

i am not o sure about that, but am pretty sure that i have read on here before that if you work either in teaching, nhs, etc there is a website that you can get microsoft products cheap

moneysavingwannabe

Thanks, will try and search for info.

moneysavingwannabe

Anyone used these?
http://students.pugh.co.uk/index.php?nID=88

Not as cheap as the other link tho

moneysavingwannabe

Although this seems like a good deal

http://students.pugh.co.uk/index.php?nID=productDetail&manu=50&prodID=659

Is this the same as office ultimate??

Baldur

This may be worth a look:
http://www.teacherexpressware.co.uk/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=prodshow&ref=OFFPR07PCST

Donnie

moneysavingwannabe wrote: »

Thanks, would I be able to open my office docs in open office tho?

I just want the cheapest way of being able to use my files am used to office 2003 so not bothered about having the newest software. Just cheapest way of opening my files and adding new ones.

Yes, you will.