cheapest microsoft office

ali-t

Hi, I'm on the hunt for cheap microsoft office software but am not wanting to pay full price if possible as I am a cheapskate I have windows xp on my laptop but borrowed the office software from a friend the last time I needed it. Twice the software has corrupted according to the laptop fixer man so this time I am not taking any chances with dodgy software and hope to find a bargain.

I found a site that claims to be affiliated to microsoft but don't know if it is legit. Has anyone used it? It all sounds a bit too good to be true as it comes up high on the rankings when searching for MS office. Thanks.

http://www.software4students.co.uk/Software4Students__Am_I_Eligible-article.aspx

Marty_J

Have you tried using OpenOffice?

http://www.openoffice.org/

It's excellent and free.

toasterman

Are you a student?

That site you mentioned seems to be linked from:
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/buy/licensing/buying.mspx
So my guess is that its genuine.

ali-t

toasterman wrote: »

Are you a student?

That site you mentioned seems to be linked from:
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/buy/licensing/buying.mspx
So my guess is that its genuine.

I am not a student but it said you don't need a student card to use the site which set off alarm bells about why I hadn't heard of it before and why everyone doesn't get it for the really cheap price.

I was in the process of downloading a free 60 day trial to tide me over but everything crashed as I was doing too much at once so will give that a shot again tomorrow until I get a plan in place.

nickj_2

if you go to the google homepage and click on the " more " options > documents
it gives you an online word processor - spreadsheets etc that can be accessed from any pc - all documents can be saved online - you just need to set up an account which is free

Ken68

On BBC's 'Click' this morning was all about doing office on the internet.
Called Cloud and Google has Docs.
The future, copied no doubt from the way photo hosting sites and web e mail, no need for a proper PC just access to the net.

Sput2001

ali-t wrote: »

Hi, I'm on the hunt for cheap microsoft office software but am not wanting to pay full price if possible as I am a cheapskate I have windows xp on my laptop but borrowed the office software from a friend the last time I needed it. Twice the software has corrupted according to the laptop fixer man so this time I am not taking any chances with dodgy software and hope to find a bargain.

I found a site that claims to be affiliated to microsoft but don't know if it is legit. Has anyone used it? It all sounds a bit too good to be true as it comes up high on the rankings when searching for MS office. Thanks.

http://www.software4students.co.uk/Software4Students__Am_I_Eligible-article.aspx

Yup, it's definitely legit. I've bought from there myself. You need to be a student or a parent of someone at school or college. My son's at primary school and I got a perfectly legal copy of MS Office for about £35.

The Basement at RM.com is worth a look, too.