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In my home, our practice has been to play “release leapfrog,” meaning that we’d buy every other release of Office. So, since we already have Office 2010, we’re pretty confident we can skip Office 2013. However, I noted with great interest that Office 2013 contains new, superior collaboration tools. For users who track their changes and get documents edited by other team members, Office 2013 may be a very worthwhile investment. However, after careful consideration, we decided to “stay put” and we’ll simply wait for the next release just as we’ve always been doing. Sometimes the reason is support being discontinued for the version they’re using.
For example, until the current contract , I was required to use Word 2007 and PowerPoint2007 when preparing course materials. At that time Office 2013 had been out several years. It seems a subscription to Office would be incompatible with such a requirement. This machine is dual boot Linux Mint + Win7 Pro – which hasn’t updated for ages, despite going to Windows and downloading fixes. I’ll try the manual route as outlined in the link you provided. You can have only one version of Office on your machine at a time.
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Collaborate, share and communicate with flexible tools that go where your team goes and security that follows. It all depends on whether you need the features or not. I’ve found that the free Libre Office is good enough for most people as long as you don’t need to share documents with fully compatible layouts.
And… I can put it on as many machines as I like… my only problem is I can’t afford to have any more machines. Wife would hit me over the head with a cast iron frypan. I think Microsoft’s new pricing models will create more interest for the free alternatives to Office.
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And a small perk is one hour of Skype credit per device. I would say that as I work user that has looked at the payments there are all sorts of add-ons that get charged for onto. But if you’re in a home like mine, with at least two different people running at least three or four different computers, it becomes really appealing. If you’ve got a mixed household , you install the Mac version of Office on a Mac and the Windows version of Office on a Windows machine … up to five different machines. We have created a flexible billing offering that allows you to be billed for subscriptions on a monthly or annual basis, which include a hassle free auto-renewal. I have a friend that got a Mac with ms office.
I’d chalk that up as an issue with that company’s server and not an issue with MS Office. I don’t believe they ever ported those applications to the Mac. I’m sure there are alternatives, but I’m not well versed enough on the Mac side to make a suggestions.
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I think we can safely assume that 5 years from now it won’t be $99.99 a year. I cannot understand the rationale behind trying to convince individuals and families to pay until the end of their days for a product available at at one off price. My experience is that most people upgrade systems and Office packages at a rate that would still make the subscription cost effective. Heck, just having a second machine almost guarantees that it will be. But you’re quite right – there are absolutely cases where the math works out better the other way.
I started using Open Office and Libre Office and including them with the systems I built and sold to my customers. I don’t remember many complaints about not having the opportunity to pay for M$ Office. But it’s really confusing when you use one program at home and a different one at work. If they did things exactly the same way , they might get a better reception. I used to use microsoft office, but I tried Open Office, it’s free and compatible with Open Office, only better.
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It’s an issue of productivity and efficiency. When you get used to a tool, you want to continue to use the tool to do your work. And if they complain that they can’t do their job efficiently, you’d be obligated to provide them with more training.
Now I pay $100 a year and get more storage and the use of MS Office on 4 computers including my Mac. I can put one more on my Windows tablet but it’s not worth the effort. If it weren’t for the OneDrive storage, I’d be using Libre Office which does most of what I need, although I really love Publisher. I don’t thing enough people realize how great Publisher is. I encourage my students to use it for term papers. If you ever try layout in a word processor, you’ll really appreciate Publisher.
Maybe I’ll just use LibreOffice, and use Office that’s included in my free OneDrive account, when I need to use the real thing. It may not have all the features, but like I said, I don’t use all the features. I’m a fan of open source software and once tried to move the family in that direction but it resulted in too many issues – that again were all my fault. That being said, my brother runs his business using Open Office and is very happy with the result.
Shame they cannot provide a home licence and a commercial licence, but i guess that would be open to abuse nowadays. I can not even remember why I installed it in the first place. With two computers at home, that offer almost sounds tempting. Compatibility tends to be a 1-way street. If you have something complex and want want to collaborate backwards & forwards with one person using MS and the other OO… No fun at all. I am familiar with the latest Office from work, but in truth there are no serious features I feel are lacking from my older Office software.
It has all of the features that I used with Open Office and more. When You buy a new computer It has to have W-10 or a competitors Program. I like W-7 better so I kept my old computer, disconnected the internet, and It stays bug and ad free and it loads much faster. I only use the W-10 computer when I need the internet.
All of the whiz-bang, fabulous upgrades have nothing to do with my basic business use of Excel. I’ve managed to use them on two laptop upgrades with the original CD’s and keys. My question is will I be able to use the same disk and key on on my newest Win 10 machine? If so, for the price of the drive I’d be way ahead and using adequate and familiar software. To test it out, you can even install it and use it to edit your current Excel files without any conflicts with MS office. I have Office 365 and Libre Office installed on my computer and use either Office or Libre Office to open the same Excel files without any problems.
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