Help! Where to Buy a Product Key?

[Rhippo]

Ok so here is the story i've been working on this pain in the butt paper for my ethics in ems class and its due the 3rd. I turned on my fairly new laptop to discover that my trial edition of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 has expired. So I need to buy a product key to unlock the program and finish the paper but I dont want to buy it stragiht from microsoft at $150 if I dont have to, and I dont really need the hard copy of the software since there is only one computer in my home. So dose anyone know where I can get a good deal on a product key and have it emailed to me and not shipped. If I have to I will suffer the pain and go to Microsoft to get it so i have the time to finish but I know my fellow cags know how to find the deals. Any help?

 

[GaveUpTomorrow]

Just use OpenOffice 3.0. It is 100% free, completely compatible with Microsoft's Office programs, and I find it is more stable and set up very similarly to Microsoft Office. No reason to spend $150 when you can get the same thing for 100% legally free.

 

[Rhippo]

Thanks I just got it and was able to bring up my paper. Just what i needed.

 

[gordojones88]

Circuit City has Student Office on clearance for like $50.

 

[DarkRider23]

If you have a valid .edu email address you can get Microsoft Office for $59.95.

http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx

 

[JJSP]

OpenOffice FTW. I use NeoOffice on the Mac, and it's wonderful.

 

[JolietJake]

I don't believe openoffice is compatible with the newest 2007 file formats.

 

[Animal7390]

nothing is compatible with the new formats because they are horrible.

 

[vihit]

OpenOffice 3.0 can open the Office 2007 formats but can't save them.

 

[CoffeeEdge]

[quote name='JolietJake']I don't believe openoffice is compatible with the newest 2007 file formats.[/QUOTE]

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org...al/How_do_I_open_Microsoft_Office_2007_files?

 

[CoffeeEdge]

[quote name='Animal7390']nothing is compatible with the new formats because they are horrible.[/QUOTE]


Actually, NeoOffice on MacOSX (which is a fork of OpenOffice) is MS2007 compatible.

 

[JolietJake]

Well i guess if you only need to open a file then it's ok, otherwise you'd have to save it is a .doc file i guess.

 

[Animal7390]

it was a joke that the new format was horrible.

 

[CoffeeEdge]

[quote name='Animal7390']it was a joke that the new format was horrible.[/QUOTE]


Oh. Try making your jokes funny so that I know they are jokes.

 

[Kerig]

[quote name='CoffeeEdge']Oh. Try making your jokes funny so that I know they are jokes. [/quote]

Priceless advice.