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Thread ID: 126590	2012-09-06 09:06:00	Mircrosoft Office versions?	Fifthdawn (9467)	Press F1

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1299291	2012-09-06 10:53:00	It is crazy how much cheaper it is to buy office from the states, especially if you just get the product key card sent in a standard envelope to save on postage. It seems strange that NZ can't purchase a download copy direct from Microsoft.	Greven (91)
1299292	2012-09-06 10:56:00	The three users thing was more about the size of the business, in case Microsoft had solution specially for that sized business that I was unaware of. I'm trying out the Kingsoft Office right now, I'll Digby if Kingsoft Office doesn't meet my requirements and learn the secrets to acquiring Microsoft software from the US. Thanks everyone.	Fifthdawn (9467)
1299293	2012-09-06 10:58:00	Digby, what you say about the others not being the same - depends on what you want to do. I know of several people myself included that have some documents or spreadsheets that are a total mess trying to open them in open office and created on MS programs. Have you tried kingsoft Office ? Below is a real quick nothing meaning test ;) :p The screen shot was taken of a document, look and you'll see theres two parts, the original was done on Kingsoft office then other added to on Word 2010. Question, Which half was done on kingsoft ( top or bottom) ;) 4216 If the cheaper option works good, other wise buying the "real" product may have to be -- no harm in trying them out :D	wainuitech (129)
1299294	2012-09-06 11:01:00	It seems strange that NZ can't purchase a download copy direct from Microsoft. You can -- But its not cheaper than a regular Shop I suspect office.microsoft.com Click on the Buy it now	wainuitech (129)
1299295	2012-09-06 21:34:00	@Wainuitech - the bottom one was kingsoft?	Nick G (16709)
1299296	2012-09-06 21:46:00	Digby, what you say about the others not being the same - depends on what you want to do. I know of several people myself included that have some documents or spreadsheets that are a total mess trying to open them in open office and created on MS programs. Have you tried kingsoft Office ? Below is a real quick nothing meaning test ;) :p The screen shot was taken of a document, look and you'll see theres two parts, the original was done on Kingsoft office then other added to on Word 2010. Question, Which half was done on kingsoft ( top or bottom) ;) 4216 If the cheaper option works good, other wise buying the "real" product may have to be -- no harm in trying them out :D Very hard to tell but if I had to pick one it would be the bottom one done with King	gary67 (56)
1299297	2012-09-06 22:13:00	You also want something your staff will be familar with ie MS Office, not OO etc Assuming you dont need Outlook . . . You could look at buying Office 2000 or Office Xp on trademe . They are both pretty much worth nothing now, but both still better than freeware versions (my Opinion) . Also both can open docx with the patch from MS I pulled my Office 2K & Office XP out of the trash, thats how much they are worth now . Ive tried OO, Libre etc etc, still went back to MS .	1101 (13337)
1299298	2012-09-07 03:37:00	Very hard to tell but if I had to pick one it would be the bottom one done with King Your reply is what I was meaning, they are hard to tell apart which is which, but the TOP one was done on kingsoft Office, the bottom one added to by Word 2010.	wainuitech (129)
1299299	2012-09-08 04:46:00	Try Libreoffice, Or Oxygenoffice Pro. Both are also free. Thanks for offering up more options! Out of the three free solutions which one would you, the people of PF1 recommend (the most important part of the software is that they play nice with Microsoft Office, if it has any bearing on the choice)? I'll probably get shot down for promoting OOo but here goes: Right now LibreOffice is the one with the best support and the best community (important in an Open Source Project), Apache OpenOffice that is the new home for OOo is still getting to it's feet but not long away. The other Office software that is based on the OOo code is IBM's Lotus Symphony, very good and has an award winning UI and excellent fidelity with MS file formats. That's also free and Open Source so you can have as many installations as you like and obviously upgrades to later versions further down the track is free. Symphony however doesn't have Draw (entry level DTP graphics) or a Database. But if word processing and spreadsheets are your main use cases then Symphony is a definite contender. I've used the OpenOffice family of Office software in my business since 1998 and have never missed not having MSO and people that I deal with have no problems with the documents I produce. Any more questions feel free to ask, if you need staff training PM me. (edit) oops sorry Symphony can be downloaded from here : www.ibm.com	Yorick (8120)
1299300	2012-09-08 05:51:00	Yorick - did you read the whole thread, the reason for asking is the op mentioned earlier I think I would like to have the newer ribbon interface now that I have learned it Has open office changed ?	wainuitech (129)
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