microsoft word student or any cheap offers

surfsister

hi there anyone know of any student offers on microsoft word or any cheap offers??

Also is it safe to buy word on ebay or amazon??

HalfPint

use open source software as an alternative, its free very mse. Openoffice is one example.

If you have to have word, try software4students. You must be in full time education to buy through them.

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surfsister

thanks halfpint!

yes I use the free software now but need word for a tefl course I'm doing. I will try the student place as have students in family. thanks

RikM

surfsister wrote: »

thanks halfpint!

yes I use the free software now but need word for a tefl course I'm doing. I will try the student place as have students in family. thanks

Well, the free software will write word files, natively (so long as you don't need Word 2007 format onwards)... The only difference should be the UI...

I was looking at the student "offers" just recently - setting up a laptop for my son. £99 doesn't sound like a great deal to me (yes I know it's cheaper than full price, but that's like saying losing a hand is better than losing the whole arm...).

Naf

Another vote for OpenOffice - it works an absolute treat.

thor

I would go as far as to say that openoffice is better. I can't believe this is freeware when you compare it with the cost of buying MS Office.

prowla

If the course requires MS Word, then OpenOffice/LibreOffice is not an option.

gjchester

surfsister wrote: »

thanks halfpint!

yes I use the free software now but need word for a tefl course I'm doing. I will try the student place as have students in family. thanks

Licence wise if it's bought for a student then it has to be the student mainly using it, not because you have a student in the family.

Look for the Home and Student edition, it used to be £90 for 3 users , however it's not supposed to be used for commercial use. Using it as part of a job may be considered commercial even though it's in academia.

50Twuncle

RikM wrote: »

Well, the free software will write word files, natively (so long as you don't need Word 2007 format onwards)... The only difference should be the UI...

I was looking at the student "offers" just recently - setting up a laptop for my son. £99 doesn't sound like a great deal to me (yes I know it's cheaper than full price, but that's like saying losing a hand is better than losing the whole arm...).

OpenOffice DOES handle .DOCX files too - at least it can open them - maybe not create them (or save as .docx)
I prefer Openoffice to MS - It is faster (less memory intensive) and still uses the preferable menu interface (no stupid ribbon) and is FREE !!

macman

As above, you don't necessarily need Word, you just need to be able to save files in .doc or .docx-which Libre Office and Open Office will both do if you alter the defaults.

iharding

Ask your institution if you can buy it through them. The university my wife works at lets staff buy a full copy of MS Office Pro for about £8! Some departments extend this to their students, some don't.

Also, do you have any family members who work for large companies? I can get MS Office Pro for £8 from my employer.

Downside is that the license in both cases ceases to be valid if we were to leave our respective employments. I'm also not sure about the exact terms of who, where, and how many copies can be installed under this deal - we have just one copy each on our own home computers which is obviously the simplest possible case but I don't know how far you can push it without violating the license.

Ian