Office 2007 - how much?

[BigAlinEmbra]

mcflurry said:

_daveR said:

Extra 300 Driver said:

I got it for £17.

Then it is NOT a legit copy

Could be - I paid about EUR25 for a legit copy. If work subscribes then you can get a copy to use at home for the price of the media. Previous workplace did it as well, as I paid about £16-17 from memory

Aye, we got an e-mail saying we could get for £18. I work for the NHS too.
Seeing the OP sounds like he doesn't...
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/buy/licensin...

Under £40 if he's got a .ac.uk e-mail address relating to his course.
£120 for the home version.

Doesn't sound quite as bank breaking to me.

[mouseymousey]

FourWheelDrift said:

Sorry meant most people as in most of the people who are using just use the default 2007 save function and then send the documents out to someone using 2003 who can't read it.

Office 2003 users can download a compatibility pack to open Office 2007 documents from MS HERE

[flossythepig]

LordGrover said:

Have you thought about another free alternative: IBM Lotus Symphony?

Isn't that just OpenOffice tweaked and rebranded?

[Extra 300 Driver]

BaconBonce said:

_daveR said:

Extra 300 Driver said:

I got it for £17.

Then it is NOT a legit copy

That depends - I got a copy for £17 direct from Microsoft (Office 2007 Ultimate) and it's completely legal.

NHS home user scheme!

Same here, but not NHS

[LordGrover]

flossythepig said:

LordGrover said:

Have you thought about another free alternative: IBM Lotus Symphony?

Isn't that just OpenOffice tweaked and rebranded?

No. Did you even look at it?

[buggalugs]

If 2007 trial was pre-installed on your laptop then you don't need/want the expensive retail versions of the software, you want the MLK license - Its something like £135 +vat for small business edition. Check to see if theres a vendor specific version for your laptop too, for example theres a HP specific version for £120 something.

The mega cheap version is Home & Student - this comes with the very basics, and no Outlook. Check the license & contents to make sure that it is appropriate for your use.

Edited by buggalugs on Monday 19th May 10:12

[FlossyThePig]

LordGrover said:

flossythepig said:

LordGrover said:

Have you thought about another free alternative: IBM Lotus Symphony?

Isn't that just OpenOffice tweaked and rebranded?

No. Did you even look at it?

Lotus Symphony Beta website said:

Lotus Symphony is based on OpenOffice.org Technology and supports the ODF standard, ISO 26300

Personal Computer World magazine said:

Then IBM said it will give away Lotus Symphony, a suite of disk-based software based on the OpenOffice.org open-source project.

[LordGrover]

FlossyThePig said:

... pointed out my error

Apologies Flossy. I've used Star Office which became OO and recently the Symphony suites and the Symphony suite is so much more polished I've not noticed common roots. Surely it must be more than a rebranding? Anyhoo - thank you for enlightening me.