I've tried...

[BigBear]

I've tried using open office for several months now... I just don't like it and a lot of my files are not displayed properly from MS Office at work, or when I tried to scan info in, blah, blah etc....


So, does anyone have an old copy of MS Office I can have or buy off you cheap. I don't have $300 to go out and buy the latest and greatest.

All I really need is Word, Powerpoint, and Excel.

Thank you.

[TFOGGER]

I haven't played with it much, but have you looked at Google Docs?

[Lex_Luthor]

I love Open Office, I run Ubuntu on my computer at home, and the only problems I encounter is margins or spacing when I bring a document to work and it tries to open it with Windows 2007, when they switched their file extensions to the stupid .docx, .xlsx, etc format. When I "save as" in Open Office, I just choose to save as .doc Windows 2003 format. Not a lot of problems there after. I am not positive of this, but I think some of the newer Windows are beginning to include .odt format as a readable file extension and that simplifies things greatly when you have Open Office.

I walked away from Windows and haven't looked back since. Even though I'm not too adept at computer use, I've learned a lot at least, and haven't had a hard drive crash or virus since.

[Not_A_Llama]

See if your company participates in the Microsoft Home Use Program (www.microsofthup.com)

If so, you can buy office for $10.

[patrick0685]

ya, thats where i got my copy, if i could get another copy i would get you one, but they only let me get one, ive already tried to get another with no luck

[BigBear]

I haven't played with it much, but have you looked at Google Docs?

I have, just like open office.

I love Open Office, I run Ubuntu on my computer at home, and the only problems I encounter is margins or spacing when I bring a document to work and it tries to open it with Windows 2007, when they switched their file extensions to the stupid .docx, .xlsx, etc format. When I "save as" in Open Office, I just choose to save as .doc Windows 2003 format. Not a lot of problems there after. I am not positive of this, but I think some of the newer Windows are beginning to include .odt format as a readable file extension and that simplifies things greatly when you have Open Office.

I walked away from Windows and haven't looked back since. Even though I'm not too adept at computer use, I've learned a lot at least, and haven't had a hard drive crash or virus since.

Never had a HD crash or a serious virus... but I like windows, lol.

See if your company participates in the Microsoft Home Use Program (www.microsofthup.com)

If so, you can buy office for $10.

They do not.






Thanks for trying Pat. I think I may have found one hopefully. Will update if it comes to fruition.

[Lex_Luthor]

Never had a HD crash or a serious virus... but I like windows, lol.

That's great and all. I like the freedom of not really having to worry about it, or the need for antivirus software. Just another pain in the ass program, using up a lot of the CPU's capability when I'm trying to do other stuff.