microsoft word?????

SMARTY29A_2

i havent microsoft word or any microsoft office package on my home computer - i have microsoft works - would i be best to buy microsoft office - where is cheapest or any other suggestions.

i work for NHS and someone did say i could get it cheap through that - any ideas???

LJ50

Your best bet is to visit openoffice.org and download the free Open Office suite.

It lacks only the most advanced features of Microsoft Office, and if you've lasted this long without MS Office then you won't miss them. Open Office allows you to save files as .doc, .xls, etc so it is totally compatible with MS Office files.

Or, if you have an academic user in the household (i.e. pupil, teacher or student) then get the Academic Edition of MS Office, which is about £70 at the moment. Allows you to put it on 3 computers in the household.

CHR15

The Home User Program was about a couple of years ago. Not sure now but worth a look (you will need some info from your IT guys)

Microsoft  Offer  ‐, you  are  eligible  to  participate  in  the  Home  User  Program  (HUP). This  
program  enables  you  to  get  a  licensed  copy  of  Microsoft  Office  2003  or  Microsoft  Office  XP  
at  a  cost  of  approximately  £20. This  represents  a  saving  of  approximately  £400  on  high  
street  prices.  Please  visit  https://hup.microsoft.com/

https://oms.one.microsoft.com/tc/cr_information/hupcommonquestions.htm

cledor

CHR15 wrote:

The Home User Program was about a couple of years ago. Not sure now but worth a look (you will need some info from your IT guys)




https://oms.one.microsoft.com/tc/cr_information/hupcommonquestions.htm

We got this package on a Dell PC about a year ago, great saving!!

Another alternative: you can try using one of the free packages available from "Google" or "Open Office", I believe you can import Word Docs to such programs.

BillScarab

NHS program may be cheap but OpenOffice is free! It's well worth a look as it does pretty much everything MS Office does.

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

A few of the computer mags have reviewed Tesco Complete Office over the last few months and it seems to come out reasonably well.
Mind you, it is £20 and whether it's any better than the free OpenOffice is another matter.

xio

OO is free, true, but it depends how many of the features you need - also it is more comparible to Office 2003.

Office 2007 is a another thing altogether! It is quite different to previous versions - does take a bit of getting used to, but makes features a lot more accesible. If you don't know much about it try a demo here

You can get the Home and Student Edition of 2007 for around £95 I think.

I'm_With_Stupid

If it's only Word you want, not the rest of Office, you can get an OEM version of Works Suite 2006 for about £45 which includes Word 2002. But that's only if it has to be Word for some reason, rather than any half decent word processor.

coolagarry

My wife works for the NHS and 2 yrs ago we got ms Office for about £18 using the Home User Program. It has to be done through your hospitals IT department.
Unfortunately many of them are too lazy to get involved as it involves a slight amount of work on their part. http://www.ganfyd.org/index.php?title=Microsoft_home_user_program