Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Office
Personally I use the free software OpenOffice and can do everything I need, however my sister doesn't like it and wants to get a copy of Microsoft Office. Does anybody have experience with buying it and know where you can get it for a reasonable price?
From what I can see, it seems like the options are pay £60 per year for a rolling license or pay £250ish for a lifetime license. I know these days you can usually get this discounted by buying from resellers, so does anybody know of any? I've seen the rolling 1 year licenses available on ebay for £45ish. Are they legitimate products? I've also seen sellers offering full lifetime licenses on ebay for only a few £'s. They seem to be brand new sellers and the price is so cheap so I assume they are scams?? But are they scamming you the buyer or are they scamming Microsoft?? I assume the advice is avoid??
From what I can see, it seems like the options are pay £60 per year for a rolling license or pay £250ish for a lifetime license. I know these days you can usually get this discounted by buying from resellers, so does anybody know of any? I've seen the rolling 1 year licenses available on ebay for £45ish. Are they legitimate products? I've also seen sellers offering full lifetime licenses on ebay for only a few £'s. They seem to be brand new sellers and the price is so cheap so I assume they are scams?? But are they scamming you the buyer or are they scamming Microsoft?? I assume the advice is avoid??
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Re: Microsoft Office
I think my subscription is £7.99 a month but for that I get 5 licences for friends and family and can download it onto multiple devices per licence. Ditch your free software and go halves on a licence with her is my advice.
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Re: Microsoft Office
I moved from office to Google Docs years ago and haven't looked back. Free and easy.
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Re: Microsoft Office
yep, zero reason to stick with MO nowadays when Google docs is easily as good and you can access your stuff from anywhere
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Re: Microsoft Office
Do like Google Docs but MS Office still the best imo. Would echo 1fatclaret's advice.
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Re: Microsoft Office
Buy a key online from eBay or what not.
If it gets terminated it gets terminated. Should be fine.
If it gets terminated it gets terminated. Should be fine.
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Re: Microsoft Office
I have the same subscription and from memory each license also has 1TB Onedrive cloud storage....I 'sold' my other 4 licenses so it costs us each 2 quid a month....1fatclaret wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 12:54 pmI think my subscription is £7.99 a month but for that I get 5 licences for friends and family and can download it onto multiple devices per licence. Ditch your free software and go halves on a licence with her is my advice.
Re: Microsoft Office
Licenses Direct - £28 one off payment.
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Re: Microsoft Office
Believe it or not I'm still using Microsoft Office 2007 - I think I might be in need of updating it
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I bought a license off Ebay. I forget what it cost, but only a few quid. That would have been when I got my new PC which was early 2019.mikeconroy10 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 12:27 pmPersonally I use the free software OpenOffice and can do everything I need, however my sister doesn't like it and wants to get a copy of Microsoft Office. Does anybody have experience with buying it and know where you can get it for a reasonable price?
From what I can see, it seems like the options are pay £60 per year for a rolling license or pay £250ish for a lifetime license. I know these days you can usually get this discounted by buying from resellers, so does anybody know of any? I've seen the rolling 1 year licenses available on ebay for £45ish. Are they legitimate products? I've also seen sellers offering full lifetime licenses on ebay for only a few £'s. They seem to be brand new sellers and the price is so cheap so I assume they are scams?? But are they scamming you the buyer or are they scamming Microsoft?? I assume the advice is avoid??
Re: Microsoft Office
Buy a cheap 2019 perpetual license off eBay or Amazon marketplace - typically £15-30, if the key doesn't work you get your money back. No brainer.
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That's nothing,I'm still using windows Vista.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:22 pmBelieve it or not I'm still using Microsoft Office 2007 - I think I might be in need of updating it
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Re: Microsoft Office
Again, MS Office license, approx £80/year (or a little more, if you pay monthly).
I'm not a big, power user. I'm sure I don't even use 10% of the "fancy" capabilities. I value all the "bug fixes" and security updates. OneDrive removes all the concerns about pc crashes etc, so that whatever data I need to keep is always backed up and recoverable - as well as accessible on whatever device I have access to at the time - and it doesn't need to be my own device.
I'm not a big, power user. I'm sure I don't even use 10% of the "fancy" capabilities. I value all the "bug fixes" and security updates. OneDrive removes all the concerns about pc crashes etc, so that whatever data I need to keep is always backed up and recoverable - as well as accessible on whatever device I have access to at the time - and it doesn't need to be my own device.