Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 12:40 PM |
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MS Word / Excel
Hi all,
My laptop only came with a trial version of MS Office when i bought it so I am unable to now use Word / Excel etc.
What is the best (meaning Locost) method of getting hold of a full copy of this?? I only need to sort out my CV so not keen on spending a fortune.
Cheers
Paul
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 12:43 PM |
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Download a copy of Open Office for Windows - same as the Linux version, but Microsofted!
Has all the functionality of the MS Office suite and a bit more, but will read write MS Word and Excel files without problems.
OO Link
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Pdlewis
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 12:43 PM |
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you can download a free 60 day trail of office 07 off the MS site or you can get open office for free from openoffice.org which does all the same
stuff
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 12:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Download a copy of Open Office for Windows - same as the Linux version, but Microsofted!
Has all the functionality of the MS Office suite and a bit more, but will read write MS Word and Excel files without problems.
OO Link
Oh - it's free too, so you'll be 100% legal.
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 12:46 PM |
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superb - thanks guys. Just downloading it now.
LocostBuilders does it again!!!! 
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britishtrident
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 01:18 PM |
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Other main free word processor is Abiword much less resource hungry than Open Office which can be frustratingly slow on older harware.
Abiword is really nice to use much like Word For Windows 2 or Word95, which were by far the best versions of MSWord
http://www.abisource.com/
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Humbug
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 01:42 PM |
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I second OpenOffice. It also has a PowerPoint-alike application.
Only downside I have found is that Excel macros don't work.
One tip: if you want proper MS-Word and Excel compatible files, make sure you set the option to (something like) Convert from Word/Excel on Open,
Convert to Word/Excel on Close. That way, what gets saved on the disk is always in MS format
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RazMan
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 02:27 PM |
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Bittorrents are a good source of practically ANY software for 'trial purposes' 
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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MKMike
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 04:54 PM |
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Has anyone come across a .docx file, aparently its for word 07?
Is there any way of opening it with word 03?
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RazMan
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 05:00 PM |
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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx?pid=CH100626291033
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 05:58 PM |
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Thanks for the replies one and all. I have now downloaded OpenOffice so will see how it goes. I might try an alternative if its no good but am sure it
will be just fine
Cheers
Paul
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/2/08 at 06:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MKMike
Has anyone come across a .docx file, aparently its for word 07?
Is there any way of opening it with word 03?
A neighbour of mine asked me about an Excel file with an .xlsx file extension, which he couldn't open with his fairly-modern MS Office suite.
Methinks MS are playing silly buggers again... 
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