microsoft word

[Guest SJP17]

Anyone know where i can get a download of microsoft word , it doesnt need to be the latest one , i have the vista operating system

[Guest SJP17]

Its a 120 pound to buy the 2010 standalone word program ,

[unlinkedstudent]

Microsoft are incredibly protective of their products. If you get a "pirate" copy or even a second-hand copy, as soon as you go to their site to download a service pack for it, as far as I'm aware their software checks that you are the legit owner.

 

How much action they take I've no idea but I do know of someone years ago who got done by them!

[Guest SJP17]

yes ive heard that , ive tried a few downloads but they never worked , i also tried to install microsoft works 7.0 which i got from a friend but that never worked , no sure if its because of vista ,

[paulb]

probably a free copy set for their computer. by any chance are you a student. hint hint.

[Romeo]

have you considered using software such as Open Office? You can save and open Microsoft files. I find it easier to work with than MS products and best of all it's free!

[MJ]

it's that time of year where you should be able to pick up a copy of home & student (2007) for between 20-40quid, (2010) is about £60-70

 

as paul is hinting most unis/collages etc will give you a licence code if a student

[Guest SJP17]

no ive no tried open office is that just an internet based program ? , and no im not a student so cant get it free like that, i dont think some o the older ones are compatible we vista and what is on e-bay is quite expensive , maybe ill just bite the bullet and buy the standalone program , it is quite handy to have

[jz]

Open Office Quite a large download, but works very well and you don't need to worry about the morality of dodgy software.

[Fjool]

Open Office is a fully functional suite of desktop office tools. It's not an internet-based tool; but installs just the same as MS Office does.

 

I use it and can vouch for its suitability.

 

http://www.openoffice.org/

[Medziotojas]

ditto

 

I ran OpenOffice from a Ubuntu boot up disk when my hard drive crashed. I was editing Lithuanian documents at the time and I found it very easy to use. It also has track changes which is essential for editing and it is compatible with word.

[JohanofNess]

I can also vouch for openoffice, I use microsoft at work and use openoffice at home and think its a great alternative and all a student would really need, well worth a shot anyway.

[Guest metallica man]

+1 on Open Office! I use it in my small business & its very good.

[EM]

I've never been a fan of Word, but, as it is essential to be able to work with Doc files, I have had to use it. When OpenOffice arrived I changed over to using it exclusively. Being a clone of Office, its Word replacement app has many of the same irritations (for me), but frankly I actually prefer using it to Word. Same for its PowerPoint replacement. Both do everything I require of them.

[peeriebryan]

Yup, Open Office for me too

 

I tried it a few years ago on the Mac (OS 10.3) but it wasn't particularly 'shiny' and felt a bit disjointed as it ran under X11, the Linux windowing environment. So I ran Neo Office, a Mac Java port of Open Office, for years.

 

But since Open Office 3 / Mac OS 10.4 / Intel chips, Open Office runs as a native application and it feels like a much more 'pro' application.

 

So if you tried it on your Mac a while back but weren't impressed, its worth looking at again.

 

There's a couple of bits n pieces that MS Word does that Open Office doesn't and vice versa, but none of them critical. For me, the fact that Open Office has a database program, which was sorely lacking in the Mac version of MS Office, means I won't be bothering with MS again.

 

And it means my Mac is completely free of Microsoft applications