MS Office 365?

[DaveGrohl]

Ok, quick one. Got round to setting my new puter up (it's sat in the office for well over a year) and I need to get Office onto it. Main uses are Excel, Word and I'm gonna have to use Outlook as Windows Live Mail is long gone sadly. There's a 30 day trial on the puter but I'm guessing that could lead to an expensive outcome? What's the best/cheap/one off cost way to do it? Thanks in advance.

 

[steveR]

Cheapest option, use Open Office or similar software.

If you simply must use MS Office, then go on eBay and buy an OEM copy/Licence.

I am still running MS Office software from 10 years ago, but use OO these days.

 

[J B]

I just bought a copy of MS Office 365 off Ebay for £1.99

 

[steveR]

I just bought a copy of MS Office 365 off Ebay for £1.99

Last of the big spenders huh, JB...?

 

[deleted user 837354]

MS Office really is a great product. Comes with 1TB of OneDrive storage as well. The premium version (subscription) is so powerful its ridiculous.

LibreOffice is worth looking at first however if you want an open source or free office program.

 

[upnortheast]

Plenty older versions of Office on ebay for little money. & they still do the job

 

[DaveGrohl]

Are these ebay jobbies a download then? I popped into Currys to see what they would charge and my eyes nearly popped out!!

 

[steveR]

Are these ebay jobbies a download then? I popped into Currys to see what they would charge and my eyes nearly popped out!!

Varies. Some will be hard media, DVD, stick and the like, some will be licences to unlock what you have already. Just read the ads really and pick the one that appeals.

Open software like Libre or Open Office are downloads usually.

 

[Barleycorn]

I use Libre office here, very pleased with it, except you have got to remember to save as 'docx' etc if you are sending stuff to agents etc.

 

[steveR]

I use Libre office here, very pleased with it, except you have got to remember to save as 'docx' etc if you are sending stuff to agents etc.

Same with OO.

Quite useful being able to open "locked" documents and sheets from said Agents I find

 

[rollestonpark]

Yeah agree, Libreoffice definitely worth trying as very good and free. You can make it default save docx xlsx if you want...
Also use your google account and use google sheets online for free and it works really good.
Do most of my stuff there now, so it's accessible from anywhere and to anyone I want to share with.

 

[J B]

Last of the big spenders huh, JB...?

Well, embarrassingly, I already bought a '5 user' one about 2 years ago, but couldn't find the password to put it on my new PC

Are these ebay jobbies a download then? I popped into Currys to see what they would charge and my eyes nearly popped out!!

The ones I've had are downloads - very simple IMHO

 

[Kidds]

I just bought a copy of MS Office 365 off Ebay for £1.99

How does that work then?
365 is a monthly subscription.

 

[Kidds]

Well, embarrassingly, I already bought a '5 user' one about 2 years ago, but couldn't find the password to put it on my new PC

Same here.

 

[TrickyT]

I have an Microsoft 365 account for personal use. £5.99 per month, mainly to ensure I have up to date office software and the backup to OneDrive.

If you have a family, then the Microsoft Family 365 is good value at £7.99 for 6 users.

Looked at some of the eBay offers but cannot work them out and this is the wording on a lot of them which worries me!

• You cannot use your own email address account for this subscription.
• You will receive a username and password for ALREADY Activated Office 365 SO NO NEED TO ACTIVATE.
• You can change Password after initial login, however the username remains as is.
  

I all really depends on what you want to do.

Trevor

 

[J B]

How does that work then?
365 is a monthly subscription.

I have no clue how it works, but the one that I bought in March 2019 still works on the old PC and will have to see about this one

 

[Cowabunga]

I think Office365 costs around £60/year and allows access to work with your files from all your devices. It is also automatically updated to the latest version.
The only reason I really needed any part of it was for the VAT, because my bridging software will only work with Excel and certainly not the free LibreOffice that I've used for a number of years.
Now that I have it though, I'm glad I've got it. The suite is just so 'professional'.

One important tip. If you have BT Business Broadband, you automatically get a license to Microsoft365 [Office365] in the deal. You will have had an email explaining this when you signed up to the BT service.

 

[jon9000]

There are downloads for a one off licence for 20 quid

 

[Spear]

I think Office365 costs around £60/year and allows access to work with your files from all your devices. It is also automatically updated to the latest version.
The only reason I really needed any part of it was for the VAT, because my bridging software will only work with Excel and certainly not the free LibreOffice that I've used for a number of years.
Now that I have it though, I'm glad I've got it. The suite is just so 'professional'.

One important tip. If you have BT Business Broadband, you automatically get a license to Microsoft365 [Office365] in the deal. You will have had an email explaining this when you signed up to the BT service.

Don’t remember anything about that. They gave us business broadband as part of a package this spring for less than we were paying not to have it

 

[Clive]

can you buy office as a one off anymore ?

is a SaaS model - not an expensive subscription really with cloud storage and email included ?