Downloading Microsoft Word?

[Geordie Spark]

The other option is to google 'software for students'

if you have a student in your household, then you get massive discounts. This isn't checked though.
you could always say you are studying in your own time, from freely available sources.
Isnt the definition of a student: somebody who studies?
read the small print.

Years ago, I was on a course to learn to use AutoCad and I got myself a Student edition of AutoCad Release 13 which was the newest at the time.

It cost £160 (ish) which was a LOT cheaper then the"proper" price. It was fully functional, but if I printed a drawing out it had a watermark that read "STUDENT VERSION - NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE"

I'm not sure if this would also be the case for a Student Edition of Microsoft Office or Word though.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

If you have an NHS employee in the house you can get Office 2010 for the cost of the freight of the discs

I certainly do have an NHS employee in the household! Me.. :smiley2: Do I just contact the NHS and ask for Word? Sounds a bit too simple Murdoch. Are you saying they offer free Microsoft to all NHS employees?

 

[Marvo]

I'd also be wary of buying software on EBay, there's a few entrepreneurs around who take pirate versions and redistribute supposedly as being legitimate.

Both Open Office and Libra Office share swathes of the same open source code and both office suites are fairly similar and both are very usable with a very small learning curve if you're already familiar with M$ Office.

 

[cmac70]

Have just looked on kingsoft office web site they do it for windows to. Some you pay for others you don't.

 

[Marvo]

If you have an NHS employee in the house you can get Office 2010 for the cost of the freight of the discs

I'm not even going to ask how that works. Please don't advocate anything illegal.

 

[Octopus]

I certainly do have an NHS employee in the household! Me.. :smiley2: Do I just contact the NHS and ask for Word? Sounds a bit too simple Murdoch. Are you saying they offer free Microsoft to all NHS employees?

My misses is a midwife and that's how we licence the family and kids PC's

I bought a cheap copy of 2007 off ebay just after 2010 was released, it was sealed and when I registered it with Microsoft it worked. Still using it now!

 

[Geordie Spark]

I certainly do have an NHS employee in the household! Me.. :smiley2: Do I just contact the NHS and ask for Word? Sounds a bit too simple Murdoch. Are you saying they offer free Microsoft to all NHS employees?

Not sure how it works for software but for curry you go into a curry house in Ocean Road (South Shields) show your NHS card and you get a discount (5% I think)

 

[Octopus]

I'm not even going to ask how that works. Please don't advocate anything illegal.

I can assure you its all above board. The NHS in the UK has an "enterprise" agreement with MS and it allows NHS staff to purchase the discs and register against their NHS email accounts.

my "work" laptop uses a legite copy of MS office I bought seperately.

 

[neon]

I'd also be wary of buying software on EBay, there's a few entrepreneurs around who take pirate versions and redistribute supposedly as being legitimate.

I purchased office for my mac very cheap off eBay. The software key provided worked as I downloaded it from MS website.
Obviously you don't always get what you pay for on eBay!

 

[Marvo]

I'm sure there are legitimate versions for sale but I'd certainly want to have a handle on the risk with this kinda thing as an EBay purchase.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I'm not even going to ask how that works. Please don't advocate anything illegal.

I kind of thought Murdoch meant NHS employees are offered it free because they are employees. Perhaps I'm being naive.. Come on Murdoch explain a little? I think he's offering a legimate suggestion as his posts are nearly always in line with the regs and frown upon shortcuts and the like :smiley2:

 

[Marvo]

He says it's legit so I take his word for it.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I can assure you its all above board. The NHS in the UK has an "enterprise" agreement with MS and it allows NHS staff to purchase the discs and register against their NHS email accounts.

my "work" laptop uses a legite copy of MS office I bought seperately.

Thanks Murdoch, I never doubted you :smiley2:

I'll look into that tomorrow at work. Have to sleep now as a 12-13 hr shift tomorrow.

Good night all....

 

[shanky887614]

Oh it is legitimate software but 9 times out of 10 you can download the exact same software direct off the developers website without it being bundled with loads of crap! I have download off cnet before, made sure the 'Install Task Bar', 'Free Norton Trial' tick boxes are unchecked. Only to find its bloody installed them anyway!

Read it carefully quite a few have changed them so you tick them to not install them.


Why not buy an old version off ebay?

Its expensive because not many people buy it as there are that many ilegal copies out there that some people wouldnt buy it for £15/20

 

[Octopus]

Thanks Murdoch, I never doubted you :smiley2:

I'll look into that tomorrow at work. Have to sleep now as a 12-13 hr shift tomorrow.

Good night all....

This may help but I can't say of its still be in place:

http://www.uhs.nhs.uk/Media/suhtide...ning/DiscountedMicrosoftOfficeforNHSstaff.pdf