[techound1]

I've got a low income family to whom I'm donating a g3 iBook, but they could really use a legit copy of word (or office). They've got kids in school (who will be the primary users of the computer), so a student/teacher edition would be just fine. Anyone have anything or any sources (other than ebay and craigslist)? The school has a special fund for assistance with this type of thing, but can't really afford more than $40 or $50. Ideally, I'd love to trade anything in my famous thread so that the cash can be used for another student's need.

Thanks for any help or leads!

[KeriVit]

The Student Discount on Office for me is a whopping $6!

Sorry.

Of course I can buy Adobe CS Premium Suite for $380- and $800 discount.

Boooo to Microsoft... Yay! Adobe!

[peeb]

Why not install NeoOffice and set it to automatically save in word etc format? That's free.

[techound1]

Originally Posted by peeb 

Why not install NeoOffice and set it to automatically save in word etc format? That's free.

That's a great idea. I've never used it - how different is it? I'm thinking about the kids using it at school - will it freak out their teacher if they need help with it?? (yeah, I'm old and paranoid ).

[peeb]

Anyone who is familiar with Office will be able to navigate it easily. A few quirks, but unless you script, or want to embed excel sheets inside word documents etc, you'll be fine. I can't say whether their teacher will have seen it, but it looks almost exactly the same, and can read / write the same files (mostly).

[techound1]

Originally Posted by peeb 

Anyone who is familiar with Office will be able to navigate it easily. A few quirks, but unless you script, or want to embed excel sheets inside word documents etc, you'll be fine. I can't say whether their teacher will have seen it, but it looks almost exactly the same, and can read / write the same files (mostly).

Sweet. Again, many thanks for the steer in that direction!