Cheapest way to buy MS Word

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I am in the UK. A friend of mine who is also in the UK uses Word 2000
but it doesn't have some features she needs. Things like "Legal
Blackline" and "improved Change Tracking".

What would be the cheapest (legal) way for her to get a more up to date
version of Word?

Amazon UK is showing a price of approx £70 for Word 2007's "Home &
Student Edition" (and £75 reduced from £120 for the same edition of
Office 2007.

Is the Home and Student Edition of Word a reduced function version?

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Would it be cheaper if she gets an upgrade from Word 2000.

On the other hand, could she buy Word 2003 secondhand from another user
who has gone to Office 2007? Do MS licences permit this?
 
In the U.S. (and I assume in the U.K.) one gets Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, and OneNote with this version, but NOT Outlook. All the
programs one receives are full function. No upgrade price is
available for this version.

The title bar will show "Microsoft Word non-commercial use". This
is not removable as far as I know.

David

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John said:
I am in the UK. A friend of mine who is also in the UK uses Word 2000
but it doesn't have some features she needs. Things like "Legal
Blackline" and "improved Change Tracking".

What would be the cheapest (legal) way for her to get a more up to date
version of Word?
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Save your money and download Open Office

Daz.
 
Palindrome said:
IIRC, it displays a "Student Edition" banner at the top of the window,
when it runs.

However, that is easily removed...
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Buy Office 2003 instead. It certainly has the legal blackline option. I am
not sure what other features are needed. I am not convinced that office 2007
is worth the trouble of learning the new interface. Also, there are still
some issues with the software.
 
In the U.S., I don't recall seeing Home and Student with just Word.
It appears that Microsoft handles it differently in the U.K.

David

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GB said:
Won't import my vba library for a start.
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Could you explain a bit about how you tried and what the result was?

Generally, if you have VBA (macros) stored in a template from a previous
version (back to Word 97), you can open that template in Word 2007 and work
with the macros in the VBA editor.

There are some things that don't behave the same in 2007 (code that creates
and manipulates custom menus and toolbars; code that works with AutoText;
and a few other things). These things will have to be tweaked, or maybe
rewritten from the ground up, but they're a relatively small number of
features. Of course, anything you want to do with the new features (content
controls, SmartArt, etc.) will have to be added.

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To review the bidding:

Home and Student Edition is not a reduced-function version, but (a) it does
not include Outlook, (b) it cannot be used for commercial purposes, (c) it
can be installed on several machines (three, I think), but (d) it does not
qualify for an upgrade to a later version.

Although it is possible to transfer the license on Office/Word 2003 if it is
entirely uninstalled from the previous user's machine, this can be
problematic and is not permitted if (a) the user used it to qualify for an
upgrade to Office/Word 2007 or (b) it is an OEM version (came installed on
the computer).

The cheapest way I know of (at least in the U.S.) to get any version of Word
is to buy Works Suite, which includes Word 2002 along with five other useful
applications (see
http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=001). But
Word 2002 is two versions old now, and although it incorporates the new
(balloon) Track Changes format, it was poorly implemented (the formatting of
deletions can't be edited), and there were some other issues that were
better realized in Word 2003. Still, it is a step up from Word 2000, and, as
many people have commented, Word 2007 is quite a paradigm shift from Word
2000 and requires a good bit of relearning.
 
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
To review the bidding:
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The cheapest way I know is

US : Office Ultimate 2007 $60 (must have .edu email)
www.theultimatesteal.com
UK : Office Ultimate 2007 £39 (forever) / £13 (one year licence) (must have
..ac.uk email)
www.theultimatesteal.co.uk
(similar offers for Canada/Italy/France/Spain/Australia/South Africa)

Has Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Publisher/Outlook/Access/Groove/OneNote/InfoPath

HTH
 
John said:
I am in the UK. A friend of mine who is also in the UK uses Word 2000
but it doesn't have some features she needs. Things like "Legal
Blackline" and "improved Change Tracking".

What would be the cheapest (legal) way for her to get a more up to date
version of Word?

Amazon UK is showing a price of approx £70 for Word 2007's "Home &
Student Edition" (and £75 reduced from £120 for the same edition of
Office 2007.

Is the Home and Student Edition of Word a reduced function version?
Click to expand...


The cheapest way is to find someone who works for the NHS and buy through
the NHS home user scheme. You get a full version of office professional for
£17.99. The only thing you need is an @nhs.net email address and a code
from your employer

https://www.microsoft.com/uk/nhs/pages/nhs_licensing_home_user_programme.aspx
 
You've had loads of advice. My recommendation would be to get hold of
Students and Teachers 2003. You can install it on up to 3 computers
(including laptops) in the users home. My preference for 2003 is the because
package includes Outlook which is missing from the 2007 equivalent. IMHO,
buying Office without Outlook is like buying a PDA without Calendar,
Contacts, Email, Scheduler, etc.

You'll find the transition from Word 2000 to Word 2003 much easier and
there's no must-have extra functionality in Word 2007.
 
The cheapest way is to find someone who works for the NHS and buy through
the NHS home user scheme.  You get a full version of office professionalfor
£17.99.  The only thing you need is an @nhs.net email address and a code
from your employer

https://www.microsoft.com/uk/nhs/pages/nhs_licensing_home_user_progra...
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the same can be said of an ac.uk email address where you can get
office ultimate for £39.99 this includes EVERY office 2007
program!!!!!!!!

http://www.theultimatesteal.co.uk/?cid=198

i got this email via the university - i though it was dodgy at first -
but its approved site by microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/buy/universityoffertandc/default.mspx
 
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