homeschoolally Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) Our online subscription recently expired and I'm wondering if there are any tips or tricks to getting a good deal on Word. Would prefer a real copy of it and not another online or subscription type version. Thanks! Edited July 30, 2019 by homeschoolally 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 If you or your husband have a job that uses MS Office, sometimes the company will subsidize employees being able to buy it for home use. At my job, I think it was free for the subscription/Office 365 version or $10 for an installed/offline version. It's similar at my husband's work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geodob Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 If you go to Ebay, you can buy 'licence keys' for MS Office. For $10 to $15. They will email the Key to you, and then you just download MS Office to install it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Illegally. We switched to Google docs because we just couldn't afford it anymore. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 We also switched to google docs. It's been great, along with the google spreadsheets and powerpoint equivalents. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 We use LibreOffice or the other one like it that is free. My DD's college offers free access to Microsoft Office 365. When she graduates, she'll likely go to whatever is free/open access at that point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Possibly if you buy a new PC some of them still come with WORD installed, but I suspect that if the App is included now, it is Online rather than an installed app? I use the Free Microsoft Office Online if I want to be absolutely sure of compatibility. LibreOffice if that's not an issue. I am running MX Linux on a Laptop. it would be the same if I was still running MS Windows on this laptop. Several days ago, I asked my DD to help me with a file and she used Google Drive, which I have used several times over the years. She told me that's the way to go now. I need to learn how to use that... Good luck with whatever you go with! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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