Wif has new laptop and wants a basic version of Microsift office as she can't be bothered to learn new keyboard short cuts.
Is this worth trying? Laptop has no cd drive so digital download would be handy .
Don't think they have changed any short cuts, did 2010 have the ribbon? If so 365 is about the same
Sorry for the confusion
She wants Microsoft office and not open office or anything cheaper, ,365 is £50 a year i think
Think home and student 2016 is 95 quid on amazon. That usually give you a download link to the software online as not all machines have DVD players any more
If you have more than one machine in the house though, or a phone or and ipad, then then the Office365 thing starts to get cheaper as I think you are allowed up to 5 installs on the one account
Don't know about 2016 but 2010 was good and 2013 a bit better
Try libreoffice.. Free and fine for basis, also compatible with Ms documents.
Openoffice
Office 2010 is the most 'current' old version you can get away with imo.
I use it frequently at work along with 2013 Professional Plus and there is barely much UI differences between them.
[url= https://www.office.com/?WT.mc_id=Office_Products_site ]Online version?? There's a free trial installation for home on there too[/url]
Office 2010 is the most 'current' old version you can get away with imo.
I use it frequently at work along with 2013 Professional Plus and there is barely much UI differences between them.
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Perfect answer, thanks
Yep still using my 2010 as the ribbon is so simple.
Office 360 at work lost so print options etc.
You can save your work as a word doc and use on any new version anyway and why pay £50 per year?!
If you use it at work, see if work have enrolled into the Home User Programme (HUP). If they have you can get a full version of Office for £10.
I got Office 2016 a couple of months back for £8.95 under our Home Use Program.
Sign up for a adult education course and get it for free
I still use Office 2010 at work as Excel runs about 5-10x faster than 2013, which makes a big difference number crunching Gbs of data. I've persuaded a lot of colleagues to downgrade back to 2010 after demonstrating how much faster it is (or rather how much slower 2013 is).
