Microsoft Office

[verndog158]

Hi all,

One for the computer wizards.

Cliffs:

Bought new laptop last year,

Got Microsoft Office 1 year free membership with it.

Now membership has run out and they are asking for £70 A YEAR!! for subscription which is ridiculous surely.

Best alternatives? Obviously need mainly Word and Excel for work documents/ grind spreadsheets etc. This can be downloaded for free?

Anyone have a license code they dont use?

Thanks for the help

Chris

[KarmaDope]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=best+alternatives+to+microsoft+office

The first link gives 5 alternatives. The top three look particularly good and I know I've used number two before. (OpenOffice)

[Graham C]

Open Office is very good.  I believe Google do a documents thing that's free too.  Alternatively, perhaps either your or your other half (if you have one) work for a company that's part of the Microsoft Home User Program?  (HUP) and can get it for a tenner http://www.microsofthup.com/hupuk/home.aspx?country_id=GB

[kinboshi]

You a student or know someone who is?

[doubleup]

You a student or know someone who is?

Even without that route surely the one-off purchase isn't that high?  I think I paid £100 or so for Office 2010.

http://www.johnlewis.com/microsoft-office-home-and-student-2016-1-pc/p2215526  for example

[Skippy]

£70 a year is dirt cheap, surely? It used to cost £350+ to buy (but it's got loads cheaper thanks to massive piracy at least for home users).

Anyhow if your needs aren't that much, I'd second Google Docs. It's fairly rubbish but it will do a grind spreadsheet no problem. What work documents do you need?