Where to buy Microsoft Word

minimad1970

Hi. I need to buy this software for my sons's college work. I've looked on Amazon and I was pretty shocked as to how much it costs. Any ideas of where I can buy it cheaper? Thanks.

twig1_2

http://www.software4students.co.uk/t/categories/most-popular

minimad1970 wrote: »

Hi. I need to buy this software for my sons's college work. I've looked on Amazon and I was pretty shocked as to how much it costs. Any ideas of where I can buy it cheaper? Thanks.

amiehall

Second the suggestion to use software4students. I have used them before with no issues. Considering the price, I wouldn't buy from anywhere else.

Ddunn

Does it have to be Microsoft Office? http://www.openoffice.org/ is IMO VERY similar but free

minimad1970

Ddunn wrote: »

Does it have to be Microsoft Office? http://www.openoffice.org/ is IMO VERY similar but free

Thanks for the replies. He's told me that it needs to be Microsoft Word as that's what they use at college. I'm off to look at the link now.

I've looked at the link but can only find "Office", is that the same thing?

Ddunn

Yes, it has excel (called Calc), Word (writer), and most of what is on Microsoft but called different thing (I'd list them all but its been that long since I've used Microsoft Office I can't remember the Microsoft names). With OpenOffice you can open Microsoft documents and then save them as Microsoft document

minimad1970

Ddunn wrote: »

Yes, it has excel (called Calc), Word (writer), and most of what is on Microsoft but called different thing (I'd list them all but its been that long since I've used Microsoft Office I can't remember the Microsoft names). With OpenOffice you can open Microsoft documents and then save them as Microsoft document

Thanks. I've sent the link about openoffice to his media tutor to see if that would do the job.

minimad1970

Sorry for all the questions. I've looked at the link and to use the £82.95 one you have to have Office 2010 pre-installed on your computer, which I haven't got. And to use the £94.95 one you need Windows 7 or 8, I have XP. I don't know much about computers but I assume it means I can't use these? Thanks again for the help.

discowill

Have you looked into this? Microsoft Office Professional for £8.95 (using university system)?

Details on https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=500235046680725&set=a.208709642499935.45866.207695419268024&type=1&theater

phona

Interesting to see OpenOffice still being recommended. Due to corporate issues OpenOffice has been more or less superseded by LibreOffice (http://www.libreoffice.org/)

Personally I've been using LibreOffice for a good while now and have never had any compatibility issues with MS Office files. I use it on both my Windows 7 and Linux boxes and will never, ever pay for office software again!

Since OpenOffice and LibreOffice are free and this is a MoneySaving site, why not try using one of them for a bit and see if you really need Microsoft products just to conform to the college? If it turns out you really, really do, then cough up for the licence as suggested above!

Ddunn

phona wrote: »

Interesting to see OpenOffice still being recommended. Due to corporate issues OpenOffice has been more or less superseded by LibreOffice (http://www.libreoffice.org/)
!

The only reason I've recommended OpenOffice is it's what I've been using for many years now and since its done the job I've never felt the need to change it, but looking at the LibreOffice website its looks like an improved version of OpenOffice made by the same base of people so I will try it next time I need to! Because like you I've never had a issue with compatibility and no longer see the need to pay for Microsoft Office.

I think even the in laws purchased a notebook a few years back and it even installed on there as stock software.