Newsflash! Office 365 Subscription

[MonkeyZero]

Hot tip: If you pay for a year of Office 365 and download the software (Excel, Word, Power Point, etc.) onto your PC, when your subscription runs out you can still keep using it indefinitely. You just have to close the pop up window that says "Enter your key". LOL!
I've been using an expired account for over a month now.

 

[wok]

I have a subscription through my uni. I am going to check if it works

 

[PunkKitty]

I use OpenOffice and Google Docs. I'm good.

 

[Lerxst]

I try to avoid using anything office365 when I'm not being paid to do so

 

[MonkeyZero]

I have a subscription through my uni. I am going to check if it works

It should. Mine came from our previous IT company that finally shut it off last month and I can still create, edit, and share whatever I want.

 

[MonkeyZero]

I use OpenOffice and Google Docs. I'm good.

I used OpenOffice for a while a few years back and started running into compatibility issues when I sent people stuff and vice versa.

 

[ColourofFire]

I used OpenOffice for a while a few years back and started running into compatibility issues when I sent people stuff and vice versa.

The OpenOffice project died a while back, it's continued as LibreOffice.

https://www.libreoffice.org/


Any subscription software can go fuck itself. I ditched Adobe for Affinity, got daVinci Resolve for video editing, Reaper for audio and the rest I just code.

 

[Dexter Inferno]

The OpenOffice project died a while back, it's continued as LibreOffice.

https://www.libreoffice.org/


Any subscription software can go fuck itself. I ditched Adobe for Affinity, got daVinci Resolve for video editing, Reaper for audio and the rest I just code.

Yep, getting out of the Adobe bullshit is one of the smartest things I've ever done. Fuck those guys.

 

[Tig]

It should. Mine came from our previous IT company that finally shut it off last month and I can still create, edit, and share whatever I want.

I did the same with an older Office version, but we replaced the home PC and I had to load 365.
Now, I can't afford the license so I haven't been able to update my resume. I miss working in IT with access to key codes.

 

[Chad]

I have O365 through work. If I didn't, I'd just use open office or whatever it is called these days.

 

[bsman]

Hot tip: If you pay for a year of Office 365 and download the software (Excel, Word, Power Point, etc.) onto your PC, when your subscription runs out you can still keep using it indefinitely. You just have to close the pop up window that says "Enter your key". LOL!
I've been using an expired account for over a month now.

REPORTED!

 

[jbj]

Thieves like yourself are the reason why the Spotify dude is begging artists to make more content

 

[shoeless]

I have O365 through work. If I didn't, I'd just use open office or whatever it is called these days.

Same. In fact our work license allows up to 5 devices per person, so I can use the same license on my personal desktop at home. But yeah, Libre Office, or even Google Docs, can do enough of what i need for personal use that I don't see paying for O365. I still have a 2013 version on CD that I could use if it came down to it. It's all been bells and whistles since then anyway.

 

[GomezAddams]

Same. In fact our work license allows up to 5 devices per person, so I can use the same license on my personal desktop at home. But yeah, Libre Office, or even Google Docs, can do enough of what i need for personal use that I don't see paying for O365. I still have a 2013 version on CD that I could use if it came down to it. It's all been bells and whistles since then anyway.

I'm still using Office 2007 that I bought years ago when the company I worked for signed a big deal with Microsoft. Part of that deal was that employees could buy the then current Office 2007 Professional for $30.

It still runs just fine under Windows 10, and it does everything I need to do.

 

[shoeless]

I'm still using Office 2007 that I bought years ago when the company I worked for signed a big deal with Microsoft. Part of that deal was that employees could buy the then current Office 2007 Professional for $30.

It still runs just fine under Windows 10, and it does everything I need to do.

Wh

I'm still using Office 2007 that I bought years ago when the company I worked for signed a big deal with Microsoft. Part of that deal was that employees could buy the then current Office 2007 Professional for $30.

It still runs just fine under Windows 10, and it does everything I need to do.

Which is precisely why MS had to move to a subscription model. Turns out most software is usable for years and there's no reason to replace it unless the OS makes it incompatible, (Something else Apple and MS are good at doing) and it cuts into profits when folks only buy your product every 5-7 years. Tax software is an exception because the rules change every year, but I think a lot of software companies saw that and decided to apply it to their packages as well. Quicken and Office are just a few examples.

 

[Punchy]

Hate SaaS unless it's the only option going. That being said,I got a discounted copy of office through my school, and have an account through my job too.