pirated office software suggestions?
hey folks
can any tech-savvy b3tards tell me if there's any real disadvantage to using a pirated copy of ms-office? going to be buying a new system in a few months and don't particularly feel like forking out $$$ for a few months use.
--tuqueboy
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 22:53, 15 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I used one for a while
forgot it was cracked and used the online help. Within 2 days it shut itself down. Use open office instead, it's free.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 22:55, Reply)

hmm
that might be a plan. how good is open office at saving things in ms-word format? looking to send a cv
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 23:07, Reply)

it's identical
I've used word and excel on there and you can't tell the difference.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 23:10, Reply)

we have a winner
that sounds very promising. and free is much better than the 500 bucks or so that microsoft wants for office...
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 23:12, Reply)

Microsoft can get to fuck
I shelled out £100 for a new copy of word as I'd lost the key for mine when my computer died in the middle of my dissertation.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 23:15, Reply)

ouch...
all that money and bill gates still looks like a 12-year-old who lives in his mother's basement...
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 23:20, Reply)

pdf for CV is all of the win
and M$ can go fuck themselves.
(Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 23:27, Reply)

I like the way you used a $ instead of an S

(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 23:51, Reply)

Yes and No
I've got a LaTex'd PDF CV but you'd be surprised how many people email back asking for a Word version. Mind, this is more often recruitment agencies who want to chop off your contact details so the company you're applying to has to go through them.
( monkeybananaraffle, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 11:28, Reply)

Nah
Just remember to use google for help instead of online help otherwise it will tend to fold inwards, rapidly.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Thu 18 Jun 2009, 22:58, Reply)

Pay for the software if you can
you can put it on loads of computers.
if you can't, use open office
(PsychoChomp, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 23:45, Reply)

Plus if you're a student
there's always this, which I took advantage of last year. It's the full featured products too, there's no Word Lite or any such nonesense.

www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-uk/default.aspx
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 0:01, Reply)

I'm not a student,
stop trying to insult me
(PsychoChomp, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 0:03, Reply)

I'm not a student either.
When I was, however, in 1999, I got the student edition for about £20. I still use it, as does my girlfriend. I believe I was technically supposed to pay for it or give it back when I graduated, but bugger that.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 10:22, Reply)

can someone start a new thread
I'm bored.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 0:15, Reply)