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Cheapest place to purchase MS Office

  • 07-05-2014 10:06am
    #1
    NipNip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 656 ✭✭✭


    Howdy - is MS Office a standard price? Or can you get it relatively cheaply anywhere? TIA


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  • #2
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,348 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    I think generally its a standard price. If its just for home use or basic business use, you should consider LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice, two free alternatives that do pretty much exactly as Microsoft Office does.


  • #3
    Big C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 943 ✭✭✭Big C


    don't even consider ms office, open office is free and just as good, all docs can be converted to ms office if u need that


  • #4
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    NipNip wrote: »
    Howdy - is MS Office a standard price? Or can you get it relatively cheaply anywhere? TIA

    What are you doing in it that you can't do in one of the alternatives?


  • #5
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Have a look at www.software4students.co.uk or even the .ie version of it. Seriously good value there.


  • #6
    NipNip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 656 ✭✭✭NipNip


    Thanks for all the replies. My only use for it really is that I find excel very handy for manipulating figures and I'm sending out CV's, which I need to have in MS Word format presumably, for the recipient to open the doc? If I download a free one, do I need further software to convert their text docs to MS word format?


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  • #7
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    No you don't need to convert, you can save as .doc (and I think .docx now but I'd test that first)

    There's also Google Drive as an option if you have a Gmail account already: https://drive.google.com


  • #8
    NipNip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 656 ✭✭✭NipNip


    BopNiblets wrote: »
    No you don't need to convert, you can save as .doc (and I think .docx now but I'd test that first)

    There's also Google Drive as an option if you have a Gmail account already: https://drive.google.com

    Ok, I'll try that out later. Can I edit a word document saved to Google Drive I wonder? I need to tailor the CV and cover letters, so need to be able to edit.

    Thanks for the info anyway. I should get a chance this evening to install one of the free ones and see how it works in terms of sending in Word format.


  • #9
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,348 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    NipNip wrote: »
    Ok, I'll try that out later. Can I edit a word document saved to Google Drive I wonder? I need to tailor the CV and cover letters, so need to be able to edit.

    Thanks for the info anyway. I should get a chance this evening to install one of the free ones and see how it works in terms of sending in Word format.

    My advice would be to try LibreOffice and OpenOffice, and also the online Google Docs facility, before investing in Office. There's no point in spending a fortune on Office when the free ones are just as good.


  • #10
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,562 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Since it's just CV's then libreoffice will do fine

    - just remember to get the UK / GB version and not the US version ( this goes for all word processors including word )


    you can set it to save to .doc (word) format by default - agencies like this because they can just remove your contact details and forward it on

    it can also produce .pdf's too , handy for CV's going direct to employers


  • #11
    NipNip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 656 ✭✭✭NipNip


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Since it's just CV's then libreoffice will do fine

    - just remember to get the UK / GB version and not the US version ( this goes for all word processors including word )


    you can set it to save to .doc (word) format by default - agencies like this because they can just remove your contact details and forward it on

    it can also produce .pdf's too , handy for CV's going direct to employers

    Hi - Would you mind just looking at this link and see whether I've got the correct page? http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/

    Do I just click on 'Download Version 4.2.3' ?

    Sorry - I'm just paranoid about downloading a virus or something!!!!


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  • #12
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    Looks ok,your av will cast an eye over the file as you download it.


  • #13
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,562 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    en-GB page, and click download

    https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/?type=win-x86&version=&lang=en-GB


  • #14
    NipNip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 656 ✭✭✭NipNip


    Hmmmm - Windows Installer blocked me from installing this. It says I should contact the vendor to verify that it is a valid Windows Installer package. DOH!


  • #15
    gctest50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Free version of Office 365 here that will do for C.Vs etc

    nothing to download/install and the fbi will spellcheck for free too ;)

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-ie/products/compare-microsoft-office-products-FX104165233.aspx


  • #16
    NipNip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 656 ✭✭✭NipNip


    gctest50 wrote: »
    Free version of Office 365 here that will do for C.Vs etc

    nothing to download/install and the fbi will spellcheck for free too ;)

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-ie/products/compare-microsoft-office-products-FX104165233.aspx

    no joy there either. I've already had a month's free trial and this is for 'new customers' only........... I may fork out some dough I guess!!! :(


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