Office 365 cost?

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I suspect that I'm just a dinosaur and it's just the way of things now. And it's simply Microsoft's never-ending search for ways to take money out of my pocket.

Now some time ago I splashed out on a genuine copy of Office 2010 Pro. (OK a very long time ago, pre Windows 10) I forget the cost, but it wasn't cheap but it was a one-off cost.

So I thought it's time to drag myself out or the dark ages and look at Office 365. Now if I want to still have 'Outlook' bundled it's now a monthly subscription varying between £5.99 & £9.40ish a month depending on what package you choose. Now I really don't mind paying the asking price as a On-off payment, but having to perpetually pay for a piece of software, irrespective of ongoing updates smacks of profiteering in my book.

So I guess the question is. Would OpenOffice be a more "up to date" product than my old Office 2010 and are there any decent email/contact management apps out there that would do the job?
 
Who is your email with?

Can't help you with your open office question, but i find the likes of gmail considerably better than outlook! I use gmail for persona, and have to use outlook for work.
 
Semple said:
Who is your email with?
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BT Mail. I suspect they are a long way from being the best out there. Sometimes it take an age for the servers to respond, unless it's my end?? Outlook 2010 used to work flawlessly for me, but it seems the more Windows 10 updates they roll out the more flakey it's become..:(:confused:
 
An office 365 subscription is an awful lot more than just a copy of the software, i happen to particular like it especially for bigger businesses and education users its great.
 
In terms of office suites, I've used LibreOffice for ages as I'd read that OpenOffice wasn't being updated. LibreOffice has been fine for me over the last couple of years and seems to be updated regularly.

In terms of e-mail and contact management, I just use Google. It's pretty seamless re. my computer and mobile phone. What are you looking for in relation to this?
 
I own a domain, pay a couple of quid e-mail management and redirect e-mail to whichever provider I want.

Means if the company I'm using decide to drop e-mail, I don't have to change my address, I simply redirect elsewhere. Been doing this since the late 90s.
 
kration said:
In terms of e-mail and contact management, I just use Google. It's pretty seamless re. my computer and mobile phone. What are you looking for in relation to this?
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I'm pretty rudimentary in how I handle my email. I use my Gmail for pretty much everything that goes in the "tat-pile" so all the stuff that normally lands in your mailbox from retailers and such. I don't sync to my phone at all. My BT mail account is anything associated with, colleagues, family or stuff I need to pay attention to.

Raumarik said:
I own a domain, pay a couple of quid e-mail management and redirect e-mail to whichever provider I want.

Means if the company I'm using decide to drop e-mail, I don't have to change my address, I simply redirect elsewhere. Been doing this since the late 90s.
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That's a really good idea, it always a pain porting contacts over from one provider to another, I assume that stops all that for good.
 
Glanza said:
Free option would be use Libreoffice and install EmClient for your email.
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Thanks for the shout. :)

Just had a look at EmClient, it looks pretty well featured and easy to use. It looks very close to my old version of outlook. ThunderBird, looks a bit dated by comparison.
 
Raumarik said:
I own a domain, pay a couple of quid e-mail management and redirect e-mail to whichever provider I want.

Means if the company I'm using decide to drop e-mail, I don't have to change my address, I simply redirect elsewhere. Been doing this since the late 90s.
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Since the early 1090’s you dinosaur. :D
 
DampDog said:
Thanks for the shout. :)

Just had a look at EmClient, it looks pretty well featured and easy to use. It looks very close to my old version of outlook. ThunderBird, looks a bit dated by comparison.
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Thunderbird has recently updated to v60 and had a massive revamp of how it all looks. That said have a look at Zoho, they are a free version of what Google Apps used to be (now called G Suite).

Stoner81.
 
I've recently taken the plunge and gone "back" to Office (with a 365 subscription). I was using LibreOffice and Thunderbird as my alternatives to Office and Outlook.
Truth is, they are just that, alternatives, you find yourself constantly asking yourself "where is it?" because you know where it would be in the MS software suite.

Libre is free though so why not install and take a look anyway? I'd recommend sticking with the stable build though for peace of mind you won't get a stupid error halfway through an important and unsaved document.
 
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