Most economical way to get MS Office legitimately?

[d000hg]

I have been relying for years on a copy of Office 2010 I got through Action Pack ages ago on my ageing desktop... it's survived upgrades to Windows 8 and 10 and still runs, and the fact it's probably not in license gets pushed to the back of my mind as it gets used so very rarely - my work is nearly all done via RDP on a client machine which has VS, Office, etc.

But now I've started working locally more on a newer laptop which amongst other things has no DVD drive so even if I wanted to, installing my copy of Office would be a pain... plus actively installing an unlicensed copy for actual work is not something I'm happy to do.

So what are my options? I don't think that LibreOffice is sufficient for my needs working on large, complicated documents involving macros, at least it wasn't last time I tried it.

[TestMangler]

I have been relying for years on a copy of Office 2010 I got through Action Pack ages ago on my ageing desktop... it's survived upgrades to Windows 8 and 10 and still runs, and the fact it's probably not in license gets pushed to the back of my mind as it gets used so very rarely - my work is nearly all done via RDP on a client machine which has VS, Office, etc.

But now I've started working locally more on a newer laptop which amongst other things has no DVD drive so even if I wanted to, installing my copy of Office would be a pain... plus actively installing an unlicensed copy for actual work is not something I'm happy to do.

So what are my options? I don't think that LibreOffice is sufficient for my needs working on large, complicated documents involving macros, at least it wasn't last time I tried it.

Use a machine with a dvd drive to put your copy on a stick ?

[Scruff]

Office 365? What's not to like?

[d000hg]

Use a machine with a dvd drive to put your copy on a stick ?

I don't that makes it legal... an old pre-installed copy that has lost its license is one thing, deliberately installing a hookey copy is another (to me anyway).

[d000hg]

Office 365? What's not to like?

Well I don't know, hence the thread! I know you can still buy the regular Office/Word but is 365 the obvious choice? Do they still do a "home license" for several PCs?

[mudskipper]

Well I don't know, hence the thread! I know you can still buy the regular Office/Word but is 365 the obvious choice? Do they still do a "home license" for several PCs?

Yes and yes.

[NotAllThere]

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But now I've started working locally more on a newer laptop which amongst other things has no DVD drive so even if I wanted to, installing my copy of Office would be a pain...

What, £10 for a USB DVD drive?

[eek]

If you want multiple licences you can get a 5 user version of Office 365 Home for about £40 or so on ebay - they just send a code.

If you want hosted exchange its about £7 a month per user from Microsoft (far cheaper than elsewhere)...

[Fred Bloggs]

Ask around the family. My wife has a deal from work where she can install up to five copies of Office 365 for free.

I also think that anyone with a .ac.uk email addy can also get a low cost deal too. All legit and legal.

[cojak]

Yep O365 works for me.