Cheapest MS Office?

[youngsyr]

Hi all, can anyone please advise the cheapest (legit) way to purchase Microsoft Office software?

I work as a self-employed contractor and have just picked up a new laptop, it has Windows 7 on it, but no Office software and I need Excel and Word (but not Access, Outlook or the other Pro software), preferably 2010 versions or later.

Thanks in advance for any help offered.

[lbc]

If you contract for a large company and they have given you a valid email address you could have got any MS Office Pro version over the years for about £20 a time.

The offers normally only last a few months after the latest release though, so you will be more than likely out of luck now.

Well known auction site is your next best bet.

[randlemarcus]

Contractor? Office365, through the company books, very little per month, latest software for erm, nowt, effectively. I suspect if you actually work it out, the time you spend in Trap 2 is the time it takes to earn the subscription.

[littleredrooster]

I use OpenOffice.org. Free and compatible.

[colin79666]

£7 a month and you always have the latest version.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/business/compare...

[MethylatedSpirit]

Ditto on office 365

version I've got works on up to 5 pcs.

[audi321]

As said above, unless you must have MS Office, then Open office is free and almost identical for most peoples basic uses.

[megaphone]

Ditto, Open Office.

[youngsyr]

Thanks for the tips, all. Now have it sorted.