Microsoft Office Student Edition...

[clairey-s]

Can I get this cheaper as a student, or is there a difference between it and the normal version? Also, do I need some proof that I'm still in education to get the discount?

ta x

[wideboy]

Microsoft seem to be very lenient about people buying this - you can only try! Have you tried Googling and seeing what people say?

[clairey-s]

I actually AM a student....

[wideboy]

Go for it (check if it has Microsoft Access though, if you need it).

[clairey-s]

OK, thanks alot. Bet I still cant afford it though!
I'm running Microsoft Works like, 98 at the moment - it's crazy! And I'm not privaliged enough to have PowerPoint, just PowerPoint Viewer.
Grrrr x

[wideboy]

You should consider Open Office - it is really quite good:-

http://www.openoffice.org/

[wideboy]

Or this for �72?

http://dwarfsoftware.co.uk/index.php?main_page =product_info&products_id=329

[Thrasher1504]

Download a free copy on the net. Limewire or other similar P2P. Keys are easy to get.

[Mac70]

Thrasher gives great advice.

IF YOU WANT YOUR PC STUFFED WITH MALWARE!

[Mac70]

You can buy OEM
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/123061/rb/0

but you would have to buy a component of some sort.

[Thrasher1504]

@Mac70

Never heard of anti virus, spybot, adaware etc???

Besides there are some P2P sites that share files which are already checked by site owners for potential threats before they are made available to others.

[Mac70]

Considering I help on security forums, I beg to differ. Those who choose to use cracked software are always the most heavily infected and as it usually starts with a rootkit, they dont even know it until the RK has loaded them up with crap.

[Thrasher1504]

Stop helping then as you know very little.

[Mac70]

Actually, I know plenty. Tell me, just how do these site owners keep tabs on what is getting uploaded and downloaded?

[LeMarchand]

wideboy's Open Office suggestion is good if you can't afford MS Office: it's free, compatible with MS Office and (unlike some of the other suggestions here) completely legal.

[clairey-s]

Thanks LeMarchard =)
Thrash & Mac - did I ask for an argument on my post? No, didn't think so.
Thanks for the advice, I'll have a look at open office, but I need it to work with the computers in 6th form.... I'll find out, thanks again x

[1rovert]

Hi Clairey-s! I have had to re-boot my comp:, and before I used MS.office, I had all my files on a external drive, so I never lost anything. The MS office disk wouldn't install, so I used Open Office, apart from one, ALL my, Excel and Word files worked, so until you can afford MS office, use it.
This isn't really my advice, I got it from Ethel.