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Microsoft Word

Hello All,

I have a laptop with Windows Vista HP. Some time ago the whole thing crashed and I had to reload it all, thankfully I had made a recovery CD, however,it didnt reload Office. So I signed up for a trial, which has now come to an end. I dont have £350 to buy the full monty!

Is there another way? i am using Openoffice 3.2 but I don't like it.

Any suggestions?
"If you are going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill

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  • beardiedog
    beardiedog Posts: 666 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Are you a student or do you have a family member who is at school or college?

    If so you can buy MS software at vastly discounted prices at Software4Students
  • Aspiring_Writer
    Aspiring_Writer Posts: 1,536 Forumite
    beardiedog wrote: »
    Are you a student or do you have a family member who is at school or college?

    If so you can buy MS software at vastly discounted prices at Software4Students

    Thanks beardiedog, but no, I'm not a student, except of life of course. :D
    "If you are going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill
  • beardiedog
    beardiedog Posts: 666 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    No student proof is required so I suppose on this premise you could purchase yourself.
  • wakandem
    wakandem Posts: 591 Forumite
    have you tried abiword, it is free and similar to msword
    http://www.abisource.com/download/

    otherwise try google docs
    Nudge nudge, Wink wink, Say No More!
  • banger9365
    banger9365 Posts: 1,702 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 6 June 2010 at 10:32AM
    ifyou want to stick to the licencing rules then this might be better (i got it the other day)http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/microsoft-office-2007-home-and-student-edition-00694795-pdt.html
    us collect @store if you can the part numbers for this is the same has 3 user one,which is £99,stops them price matching in store
    online 1 user in store 3 users no price match see
    there or their,one day i might us the right one ,until then tuff

  • Do you work for an organisation that uses Word, if so you might find they have a special licence so you can get it cheap. One place I worked for it cost us £51, current employer £8.95, no typo that is for Office 2007.
    Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam
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