Hey mommas! I am in dire need of MS Office. Currently i'm using Open Office and I loath it with a firey passion. But I need Office for cheap as possible! I've already checked ebay, and I never win big ticket items but I'm still trying. But do you know of any deals or tricks to buying it?
Oh that's true! My bro goes to UVU so I could do that. Any other deals?
I hate it becaues I am going to school for office administration and I am learning all sorts of awesome things with office that I can't do with open office. Plus I blog and I like using their blog format thing.
I don't....I refuse to use it anyway. Any Microsoft product really.
I've been pretty happy with OpenOffice though.
Wondering why you hate it?
Does anyone in your family go to a college? Like UVU or BYU? A lot of times the schools sell them discounted for students.
@Denise, I've had to use open office before. It's just very awkward using it, layout, the tools available, things like that. It is hard to send it over e-mail a lot of times and hard to put it in as an attachment a lot of times... then sometimes when you do attach it the other end can't open it. It was just irritating when I used it a couple years ago.
I am a teacher and I have taught both OpenOffice and Microsoft Office. OpenOffice is a good free choice, but if you are used to Office it can be frustrating and limiting. One site you may check out is journeyed.com they provide educational discounts for students and educators.
Check with your school to see if they have any deals worked out with Microsoft that would allow you to purchase it for cheaper. Ask at the bookstore or someone working in the computer lab.
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You can get deals at Office Supply Stores, Best Buy, etc. Just watch for them (Rebates). Try...Half Priced Books, Big Lots, Target, a school. The home/school version is cheaper.. we have that on our daughter's laptop. I don't think we paid much over $100 for daughter's.
TIME = $$$ You could have gone out and bought it already with all the time you have wasted looking for a deal.
You say you are going to school and you can't follow the class due to not having this software... Hello.... look at that money you are wasting. It is an investment for your future, especially if you are in school and now you can't even do school work without it. No brainer to me... just go buy it.
Go online to the Microsoft site.
Click the education button.
If you have a Mac you can buy it through the Apple Store at the educational price.
LBC
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Go online to the Microsoft site.
Click the education button.
If you have a Mac you can buy it through the Apple Store at the educational price.
LBC
Ask your friends if they have a copy. I know the version of Office I purchased a couple years ago could be legally installed on up to 3 different PCs.
Almost every college has a deal for office 2010, $79 , not bad! but you need a student to get you the access code, and only then if they don't want to use it!
Check on Craigslist.... the problem with buying it used is you need to ensure that you still have the authorization code - I think that's it.....
Sometimes, I know this isn't what you want to hear, it's best to suck it up and go to Best Buy or Target and buy it - because if you add up all the time you are using to try to find the "deal" - you've already spent time on it - your time is NOT free.....
