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  1. 6th February 2010, 10:19 PM #1
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    Default Free Microsoft Office 2010

    Microsoft Office 2010 is available in beta version to trial and will function until the end of October this year for free. You can then uninstall it or buy it. so for the geeks who want to give it a trial, download it from Here It is a big download, over 600 MB so if you dont have a fast internet connection, you may be better off getting a copy from one of the free CDs given away with some of the computer mags at the moment.
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    I'm still getting used to Office 2007!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongdai View Post
    I'm still getting used to Office 2007!
    Thats ok since Office started there hasn't been that many changes just security issues

    Thanks John but I prefer Wordperfect much more versitile and usefull
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    Quote Originally Posted by wheelinround View Post
    Thanks John but I prefer Wordperfect much more versitile and usefull
    You're a hard man to convert Ray. I thought Word Perfect went out with high button boots;.
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    Quote Originally Posted by munruben View Post
    You're a hard man to convert Ray. I thought Word Perfect went out with high button boots;.

    John you have it wrong Wordperfect came in with High button boots still here and used by more professional types
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    Quote Originally Posted by wheelinround View Post
    John you have it wrong Wordperfect came in with High button boots still here and used by more professional types
    You're in good form Ray.
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    FREE OFFICE


    Its good to see that Microsoft is at last charging the appropriate price for one of its products

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    I use Open Office. Sorry Bill.

    "The training of the eyes to know when an edge is perfectly straight or a surface is flat, free from winding, and straight, is a very important part of a lad's training."
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    Why would you bother when OpenOffice is free............ ALWAYS!
    To grow old is inevitable.... To grow up is optional

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    What could possibly go wrong.
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    I'm with Ray, WordPerfect all the way

    (And Open Office as a close second choice)
    The other day I described to my daughter how to find something in the garage by saying "It's right near my big saw". A few minutes later she came back to ask: "Do you mean the black one, the green one, or the blue one?".
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    Looks good, though one work of caution - you are highly recommended to remove all previous versions of Office. This may mean that new docs have compatibility issues with older versions (especially if you email them to people) and if some feature crashes your machine or doesn't work properly (this is a beta, after all), you can't just fire up an older version of office...

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    Quote Originally Posted by woodcutta View Post
    FREE OFFICE


    Its good to see that Microsoft is at last charging the appropriate price for one of its products

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    True oh so true but like everything else it all stops when they throw the switch
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy John View Post
    Why would you bother when OpenOffice is free............ ALWAYS!
    Open source software, that's why.
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    Quote Originally Posted by munruben View Post
    Open source software, that's why.
    Don't understand your comment. Are you saying open source is a good thing or a bad thing. I've been using OpenOffice and Paint.Net, both open source (AFAIK) and they're both excellent programs AND free.
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    Sorry John, only just caught up with your post. Open source doesn't make the program better or worse but open source does mean hackers and bad guys can play around with the program source codes and depending where you may get the software, can and may be fraught with danger.

    Don't get me wrong, if I didn't hve a copy of Microsoft Office, there is no way I would pay for it at its current price and I would probably take my chances and install Open Office. I was merely giving a reason why some people would not install it.
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