Microsoft Office 60 day trial runs out tomorrow.

fitzroy

After it runs out tomorrow I intend downloading OpenOffice having seen all the good reports here.

One quick question - I don't know how Microsoft end the trial; do they just pull the plug, so to speak, and is there anything I need to do to protect the work I've done? I've only used "Word" and the documents I've typed are saved in "My Documents"; presumably stuff saved in "My Pictures" will be okay?

Sounds daft, I know, but just checking.


Windows XP sp 3

TIA

kevrod79

Your created documents will be fine, nothing will happen to them. Not having witnessed a time out I would imagine that the software will sense the date and stop working.

OpenOffice is a great alternative but if you want Office 2007 Enterprise edition and you have a child under 18 in full time education, you can get a copy for £35 from Software4Students (google it)

Kev

John_Gray

An alternative could be Office 2007 Home and Student, which you can install on 3 machines. About £55 from Amazon - other fine retailers are available!

PhilCo_2

When it runs out you can still view files but a lot of the buttons are greyed out and you can't save. If you are going to buy look at Amazon like John says. They seem far cheaper. A tip if you need a professional version, buy the Home & Student edition and then buy an upgrade disc to get the professional. It works out at nearly £100 cheaper than buying the full professional version right off.

DCodd

kevrod79 wrote: »

Your created documents will be fine, nothing will happen to them. Not having witnessed a time out I would imagine that the software will sense the date and stop working.

OpenOffice is a great alternative but if you want Office 2007 Enterprise edition and you have a child under 18 in full time education, you can get a copy for £35 from Software4Students (google it)

Kev

Just to clarify, as long as anyone in your family is studying at all (evening class or distance learning etc) you can qualify for the reduced software offers at software4students.

JasX

but still do give open office a try for a few weeks, I recently did and am very happy with it... plus last time I checked free is still much cheaper than £35-55

DCodd

JasX wrote: »

but still do give open office a try for a few weeks, I recently did and am very happy with it... plus last time I checked free is still much cheaper than £35-55

Very true! the only problem I have experienced with open office is converting powerpoint presentations to and from open office. Other than that I have found it extremely good (I do have MS Office too).