do you have to pay for microsoft word and powerpoint and all of those excel, etc. yearly or just once in life?

Question

i bought my comp like a year ago and it only had a 30 day trial of all of those. now i'm using some knockoff versions that came with it called microsoft works. they have everything except powerpoint so it kinda sux...

Answer 1

yer dude i think you'd pay like once in a life but some people are just smart enough to know you can find copied versisons of it for free in many places :O

Answer 2

You pay just once.

The MS Office Suite is great, if you can afford it. If not, you might want to try Open Office. I have heard it is similar to MS Office and is freeware. Read about it and download:

download at: http://www.openoffice.org/index.html

tutorial at: http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/
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If you want to work on Works a little longer:

Microsoft Help and Support for MS Works
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];wrk
Works 6.0 Converter for Works and Word Users

Microsoft Works - Tutorial
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Source: http://www.vtc.com/products/works4.htm

Answer 3

Currently, you pay just once, however, I have a feeling that in the future Microsoft will "lease" their software. It's much easier to control the market that way. You don't want to move to Vista? Too bad. Your lease on XP is up and we're not renewing it.

Answer 4

just one payment

Answer 5

just once