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From: Kurt Ullman on 9 Aug 2010 11:48
Is there a free, shareware, or cheap program out there that mimics
Office? My kid needs Office for school, but would prefer to not spend
the money if she can find something compatible.

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From: salgud on 9 Aug 2010 12:07
On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:48:51 -0400, Kurt Ullman wrote:

> Is there a free, shareware, or cheap program out there that mimics
> Office? My kid needs Office for school, but would prefer to not spend
> the money if she can find something compatible.

Do you know that you can get Office at a student rate (<$100)? Google for
it, and you'll get a couple of websites that can help you.
From: AES on 9 Aug 2010 12:34
In article <evedndbKONf_vv3RnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>,
Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> Is there a free, shareware, or cheap program out there that mimics
> Office? My kid needs Office for school, but would prefer to not spend
> the money if she can find something compatible.

If you're talking Mac, and something to handle Word docs, Bean
(<http://www.bean-osx.com>) is much to be recommended:

* Opens and exports Word docs, in Word formats

* Basically works in .RTF format, but also has an .RTFD format that
handles graphics quite neatly.

* And, can also be accessed as a Service from most any other Mac app,
which is really handy.
From: isw on 9 Aug 2010 13:39
In article <evedndbKONf_vv3RnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>,
Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> Is there a free, shareware, or cheap program out there that mimics
> Office? My kid needs Office for school, but would prefer to not spend
> the money if she can find something compatible.

Complain to the school. They should not be requiring students to spend
hundreds of dollars for proprietary software when there are perfectly
acceptable non-proprietary substitutes such as OpenOffice.

Isaac
From: Suze on 9 Aug 2010 15:49
In article <evedndbKONf_vv3RnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>,
Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> Is there a free, shareware, or cheap program out there that mimics
> Office? My kid needs Office for school, but would prefer to not spend
> the money if she can find something compatible.

Ebay. Should be able to find 2008 MS Office for under $100. I actually
nabbed a brand new sealed 2008 MS Office for $46 shipped, back in the
summer before school started. Might be more now that school has started
and everyone's looking for them.
--
Suze
Think of how stupid the average person is, and
realize that half of them are stupider than that.
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