Office 2007 ultimate steal from Microsoft

Grimgoth · 9 Apr 2008 at 13:20

edit: argh just realised i can't post "competitor" links...

admins please delete/lock me if this thread is disallowed by rules...

i was just wondering if anyone had tried it, office 2007 for students and supposedly now for workers of educational institutions

Slogan · 9 Apr 2008 at 13:26

Yep.

Was rather/surprisingly painless. Good price too.

MarcLister · 9 Apr 2008 at 17:56

Yes. I got this and its an excellent price.

Meatball · 9 Apr 2008 at 18:01

I got it as well, BARGAIN

. Just a tip, you have a limited time in which you can download the suite again. So make sure you burn the .exe to a CD or DVD or keep it backed up somewhere safe (as well as your key!)

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RobH · 9 Apr 2008 at 18:08

You just reminded me that I needed to go and buy this before the deal expires.

gord · 9 Apr 2008 at 18:11

But it doesnt include Visio or Project? IIRC?

MarcLister · 9 Apr 2008 at 18:16

Nope. Just Office Ultimate so http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/suites/FX101674121033.aspx

RobH · 9 Apr 2008 at 18:17

gord said:
But it doesnt include Visio or Project? IIRC?

No it doesn't, it includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Accounting Express, Publisher, Access, InfoPath, Groove and OneNote. I'm a student of Computer Science and my university provides me with Visio and project through MSDNAA which is handy. For £38 is still a good deal, might as well take advantage of it even if you only use Word.

Jeeva · 9 Apr 2008 at 23:45

Agreed, 'tis a pretty good deal- and you can get Microsoft Expression Studio from Dreamspark, if that interests you, as well as Visual Studio/XNA subs, if you can't get the MSDNAA.

Free/Cheap for Students! Huzzah!

sid · 10 Apr 2008 at 10:10

Does the license expire when you are no longer a student?

sid

MarcLister · 10 Apr 2008 at 10:15

Yes. If you get the £38.95 offer you have a lifelong licence.

PCDave · 10 Apr 2008 at 13:09

i have this as well its quite good only can be installed on one machine though and if you reformat you have to go through a long painful process of reactivating the software bit of a pain but worth it

edit:sorry ment to say via telephone internet activation is no hassle at all

Burnsy2023 · 10 Apr 2008 at 13:16

PCDave said:
a long painful process of reactivating the software bit of a pain but worth it

I've never found activation of software a 'long painful process'. I really have no idea why people complain about it so much :confused:

Burnsy

Eriedor · 10 Apr 2008 at 13:56

tempted to buy this again so I can have office on both my machines, it's just so cheap.

Burnsy2023 · 10 Apr 2008 at 14:00

Eriedor said:
tempted to buy this again so I can have office on both my machines, it's just so cheap.

Yes. yes it is. See, MS aren't an evil, money grabbing corporation like many people make out.

Burnsy

tom_e · 10 Apr 2008 at 14:03

PCDave said:
i have this as well its quite good only can be installed on one machine though and if you reformat you have to go through a long painful process of reactivating the software bit of a pain but worth it

Ive had a few problems on my laptop so ive ended up having to install and activate this 3 or 4 times over the last week or 2 and its literally just one button click and done

MarcLister · 10 Apr 2008 at 15:32

Burnsy2023 said:
I've never found activation of software a 'long painful process'. I really have no idea why people complain about it so much

Burnsy

I agree 100%. Easy to install, activate and use. Yayness.

Eriedor said:
tempted to buy this again so I can have office on both my machines, it's just so cheap.

Very cheap. The idea is obviously to get students to use legal, licenced software but also to try and endear us to be loyal to Microsoft in the future.

Burnsy2023 said:
Yes. yes it is. See, MS aren't an evil, money grabbing corporation like many people make out.

Burnsy

Apple now?

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-Mike- · 11 Apr 2008 at 18:58

It says you need to have an american .edu email address, is anyone having problems with this? My sister wants office for uni and its student budgetable!

MarcLister · 11 Apr 2008 at 18:59

Huh?! You must be on the US site. Try the UK site.

You must hold a valid email address at a UK, Jersey, Guernsey or Isle of Man educational institution, ending in either ‘.ac.uk’, ‘ac.im’, ‘ac.gg’ or ‘ac.je’.