if you have bought a computer and it came with the full microsoft office thing already installed, did you also get the microsoft office disk which contains a valid product key? i you see thought i was getting a bargain when i bought my laptop not long ago only now its telling me that office was just a trial and i need to renew it. Problem is it costs a friggin fortune and i am merely a poor student. My parents are refusing to help me out cos they bought the computer and i simply can't afford it. I'm having to trek all the way to the library to to my work and its always cold and rainy outside! Basically i was wondering if anyone has a valid product key they wont be requiring, would they mind letting me know it so i can not die of the flu in the process of gaining a dergre. It would be like giving something you don't need away to charity - kinda!thankyou!! xxx
2006-12-03 21:54:46 · 11 answers · asked by name. 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
it's very difficult for anyone to give you the product key, but there's another solution, why not to try the free office tools from sun microsystems:
www.openoffice.org
this product is very similar to Microsoft office.
2006-12-03 22:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by Ibraheem G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself a copy of Open Office. It will do everything that microsoft office can do and more, and the good thing is that it's free. If you can use microsoft stuff you'll have no problem with Open Office, in fact the suite fits together better than microsoft. Any documents created are interchangeable between microsoft Office and Open Office.
2006-12-04 06:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would uninstall the trial version.
Then I would consider TWO things.
1. Buy the Student/Teacher version of Microsoft Office. It does not have everything, but maybe it will fill your needs just fine.
2. Get Open Office. Visit http://www.openoffice.org This just might do the trick for you.
Good luck and Happy Computing!
2006-12-04 06:03:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agree with Danuitti on OpenOffice.org just to add it is fully compatible with MS Office files and with some extra features thrown in in a version by version comparison. But it is just as comfortable saving files in MS Office format within OpenOffice.
2006-12-04 06:08:06 · answer #4 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a copy of office 2000, its not time stamped like office 2003. You could try here..http://www.serialz.to/ They might have a number to open it, but activation will be another issue. good lck...Steve
2006-12-04 06:38:16 · answer #5 · answered by gemini 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes open office is a good solution if you need word processing software, it was probably in fact made for poor little drenched rat students in the first place!! he he
2006-12-04 06:06:20 · answer #6 · answered by mrs microchipper 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It only has so many computers that the key will work with anyway
2006-12-04 05:57:36 · answer #7 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try ebay, youll get a cd much cheaper there.
2006-12-04 06:06:47 · answer #8 · answered by tom c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a job!!! Quit begging.
2006-12-04 06:13:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
here try one of these
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Or
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2006-12-04 06:09:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋