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question about windows 8 and office home & student 2013

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  • septemberblues
    septemberblues Posts: 838 Forumite
    macman wrote: »
    Why not just install Libre Office, which is fully compatible with MS Office files for all the functions that most people ever use-and entirely free?

    My dd has just bought a new laptop, we were looking at Software for Students (she's a student), but they are only for 1 year and can cost £99+.would Libre Office work as well as Windows or is it a totally different thing?

    Seriously don't want to pay too much for Windows!
    KEEP CALM AND keep taking the tablets :cool2:
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    septemberblues wrote: »
    My dd has just bought a new laptop, we were looking at Software for Students (she's a student), but they are only for 1 year and can cost £99+.would Libre Office work as well as Windows or is it a totally different thing?

    Seriously don't want to pay too much for Windows!

    Clear your private messages...
  • septemberblues
    septemberblues Posts: 838 Forumite
    NiftyDigits wrote: »
    Clear your private messages...

    Clear your private messages....................
    KEEP CALM AND keep taking the tablets :cool2:
  • libra10
    libra10 Posts: 20,017 Forumite
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    If buying new, I think students are entitled to a discount?

    Worth looking into.
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    ThemeOne wrote: »
    You can definitely run Office 2007 on Windows 8, subject of course to the Office 2007 licence being transferable to the new machine.

    MS Office licences cover you for installation on a "main" computer and one "portable" device (i.e. a laptop).

    http://www.neowin.net/news/did-you-know-microsoft-office-is-licensed-for-two-pcs
  • Jivesinger
    Jivesinger Posts: 1,221 Forumite
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    esuhl wrote: »
    MS Office licences cover you for installation on a "main" computer and one "portable" device (i.e. a laptop).

    http://www.neowin.net/news/did-you-know-microsoft-office-is-licensed-for-two-pcs
    Although this has got more complex recently; for example I think Office 2013 isn't licensed for multiple PCs unless you get a version that specifically says otherwise.
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