Where to buy Microsoft word online?

Calgary22 · 06-04-2013 11:51PM #1

hey guys complete newbie when it comes to this kind of stuff i am looking to buy the newest edition of word online if its possible and how much should it be? i had a trail run of word 2007 with the computer but it since has expired. any help would be great:D

Doublelime · 06-04-2013 11:53PM

To be honest with you I'd either get a pirated version online or buy it legally online for cheap. €150 is way to much for it for 3 pcs.

Capt'n Midnight · 07-04-2013 12:35AM

Doublelime wrote: »

To be honest with you I'd either get a pirated version online or buy it legally online for cheap. €150 is way to much for it for 3 pcs.

Mod note

READ THE CHARTER.

no warez !

Capt'n Midnight · 07-04-2013 12:48AM

If you need word you have to buy or rent it.

If you need something that's near enough for most purposes then www.libreoffice.org is free.

Had a quick look on microsoft's site to see if I could price copy of word for Ireland , but gave up 'cos it wasn't on the first few pages and besides there was the whole licensing issues of Office 365

Calgary22 · 07-04-2013 10:55AM

thanks guys i just want something that can be read around the world like say for example i write my CV on Microsoft works word when i attach this to an email people the other side are unable to read it. but then wen i save the same file in Microsoft office word they are but the thing is when i transfer over my cv it turns out bad and since my 07 word has expired it does not allow me to re edit it. thanks for the help so far:D

Clareman · 07-04-2013 10:59AM

The file type (.doc) is the important bit and almost all versions will open in other applications, if you want to be 100% sure, get a free office solution (like Libreoffice mentioned or OpenOffice) and a free Word Viewer from Microsoft.

If you want to be completely sure that all the formatting and everything is perfect, you could create a PDF (Portable Document Format) which will mean it'll open the same on every system that opens it.

Calgary22 · 07-04-2013 11:03AM

thanks so much as you can read i am not the best with this stuff. i will try all your suggestions thanks again:)

Reati · 07-04-2013 11:04AM

This site has everything you need to compare.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-ie/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products-subscription-plans-FX102898564.aspx

I'd then keep an eye on Amazon, they normally have good deals or go to a local PC world. They were selling Office 2010 at a reduced rate and you get Office 2013 for free.

Clareman · 07-04-2013 11:08AM

*** OLD TIME GEEK ALERT ***

Back in the day, WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) was the be all and end all for software & printer makers, you could have a lovely document on your word processor and once you printed it it would lose all the fonts, printer & font makers really drove a lot of the development forward, then you had packages like Lotus 123, Office and the likes that were all made to work with the fonts and printers, then thanks to M$ fantastic licensing model Office took off as the standard Office suite for businesses and Works for home, no-one could get close to them really until the Open Source movement got involved, Open Office and LibreOffice are just as good, if not better in some aspects.

It's also good to remember that the inventors of Excel never patented the idea and that Access 97 was included as a license software from someone else, that's why there's a huge difference between Access 97 and 2000.

Ghost Train · 07-04-2013 11:19AM

doesn't skydrive give you an online version of the ms office app, might be worth trying word on that if requirements are basic

Clareman · 07-04-2013 11:20AM

Google Documents has a version as well I think.

Reati · 07-04-2013 11:34AM

Ghost Train wrote: »

doesn't skydrive give you an online version of the ms office app, might be worth trying word on that if requirements are basic

That's a good point - I had a look at mine. Word, Excel, PowerPoint are there. Should be enough. All the features you need are there.

Calgary22 · 07-04-2013 01:03PM

Thanks lad and will this allow me to save it with the doc. basically when i email my cv with it will others be able to read it? as with the Microsoft works word no one was able to.

Capt'n Midnight · 07-04-2013 01:25PM

Calgary22 wrote: »

Thanks lad and will this allow me to save it with the doc. basically when i email my cv with it will others be able to read it? as with the Microsoft works word no one was able to.

if you save as .docx then everyone with new copies of word / openoffice / libreoffice can read it. People with old but genuine copies of word won't be able to.

if you save as .doc then everyone should be able to read it.

NB. this only applies if you don't don't do fancy , otherwise the correct formatting may only be seen by peple with the same version of word.

If you save as pdf then everyone should be able to read it

pdfcreator on sourcefourge will allow you creating pdf's from any app that can print

Calgary22 · 07-04-2013 01:27PM

Thanks so much a great help:D

AnCatDubh · 09-04-2013 12:49PM

Ghost Train wrote: »

doesn't skydrive give you an online version of the ms office app, might be worth trying word on that if requirements are basic

This.

If staying in the MS camp, then a free skydrive account will give you an online version of word, saving docx files as well as printing to PDF's which you could also email. PDF is quite universal too.

Google docs is another good alternative as is Libre Office.

Where to buy Microsoft word online?

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