JJ 10 Easy Wishes Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 this might be a retarded question but basically i need word for my lovely new laptop so that i can write essays and such things for university. unfortunately, due to me being poor i cannot afford to pay 150 for microsoft office............is there anything i can do to get word on the cheap? i have vista and apparently the lovely people at microsoft like to check up on your registration or something like that and can tell when you have just taken a copy of office from your dad's work and used that registration key instead of paying them.so anyway, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 You used to be able to get student editions of office which were a lot cheaper, dunno if they still do that though.Any other way is going to be illegal and can't be posted here.Otherwise you could look at open source versions of office like Open Office (OpenOffice.org: Home) which is compatible with MS Office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Surely Vista comes with word processing software of some sort JJ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 there might be a free alternative to MS office on the internet, anybody know of anything worth checking out?*cough*Otherwise you could look at open source versions of office like Open Office (OpenOffice.org: Home) which is compatible with MS Office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 *cough*Man, i'm a fucking retard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Surely Vista comes with word processing software of some sort JJ?It usually comes with MS Works (mine did, despite me ticking the box saying I didn't want it) which is a steaming pile of turd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emergency72 Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F<mpl=homepage&nui=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F<mpl=homepage&nui=1Good call. I keep forgetting Google have those new office apps. All for free and entirely web based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neutral Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Got a version of works - 2002 sell for 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Works is shite. The Word Processor isn't compatible with Word at all, leading to a last minute rush home to print off my essay there. Unfortunately, home was/is Newtonhill = me not being amused microsoft. not amused at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neutral Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Works is shite. The Word Processor isn't compatible with Word at all, leading to a last minute rush home to print off my essay there. Unfortunately, home was/is Newtonhill = me not being amused microsoft. not amused at all.Seesm perfectly compatible to me you must be doing it wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Seesm perfectly compatible to me you must be doing it wrongYou can convert it to Rich Text Format, which can be used by Word, but then it can't handle footnotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeromiserY Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 i hear you can pick this up pretty cheap in the 'hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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