Hi, A nice gal from here told me to keep good track of my 2 small business expenditures, down to the penny, she is an acct. that I should buy Microsoft Office so I get excell ( my main need) and whatever. I would like to spend the least amount of money to get what I need. Can I go to ebay or such and buy an older model. I have a Compaq that is about 1 year old and Windows XP. I just need it to keep track of my ebay sellings etc. and they are rather small at this time, altho many. I also sell DT and would like to do that and make a home budget. She said stay with excell because it has what I need. Suggestions for where to buy used or cheap or what is this going to cost would really help too. thanks so much, remember, I can answer questions about parenting and elem ed and preschool and parenting,much experience here and of course I'll answer Christian or religious too :)
2007-04-04 05:46:51 · 9 answers · asked by ? 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Hello from a fellow traveler along the narrow road. Nice avatar.
If you just want to use simple Excel and Word, you do NOT need the latest & greatest. You can do very well with MS-Office 1997 or 2000. The 2003 version is probably still relatively expensive.
Go to Craigslist; you should be able to buy a used copy of MS-Office ( make sure it is a legitimate copy with the Code Key ), for about $10-$20. I prefer CL to eBay, as you can actually see what you buy, and most times the seller is willing to help a little ( like installation etc ).
2007-04-04 05:54:53 · answer #1 · answered by InspectorBudget 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking about software? If you're talking about a spreadsheet, and want specifically Excel, then go for Office Basic (the smallest version of Office). Go to www.microsoft.com and they have a comparison chart which shows the editions of office and what each "version" of Office has. If you want a *free* piece of software that has a spreadsheet then OpenOffice is a good bet. It has a spreadsheet program called Calc. Beware that OpenOffice is a LONG download! (It includes a word processor, a database program, a spreadsheet, and other stuff, which is an almost full replacement for Office!) You may prefer to fetch a CD for it, which you may acquire for about $15 through Amazon or other sources...
2007-04-04 05:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-03 06:46:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why don't you buy Microsoft works it's just a cut down version of Microsoft office it's got the usual MS Word and Excel it should do most of what you want and it's only about £30 try it you've got nothing to loose well only £30 that is
2007-04-04 05:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Any old version should work, but why not use a free alternative?
Open Office is a free alternative that works in a very simular way to MS Excell. You can even open excell files and save in an Excell format:
http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html
http://download.openoffice.org
Or if you have high speed Internet, you can do everything online thanks to Google:
http://docs.google.com/
2007-04-04 05:53:52 · answer #5 · answered by Hank 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My recommendation is to get OpenOfice.org. It is free and has about the same capabilities as Microsoft Office. It can read and write most Office files.
2007-04-04 05:50:28 · answer #6 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft Office Standard would work great
2007-04-04 05:51:56 · answer #7 · answered by freedownloadzplus 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well if you need an office suite on a budget i would recomend you get openoffice. its free and it opens and modifies word, exell and powerpoint presentations . and you can make from scratch using openoffice you can download it for free at openoffice.org no having to pay over 300 dollars for microsoft office
2007-04-04 05:53:19 · answer #8 · answered by jorge a 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hey, openofice.org is FREE!!! + it's nearly as good as microsoft office.
2007-04-04 05:54:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋