$64 Microsoft Office or $22 for 1 year

[supermikeyjd]

Hey,
If you are a university student in Canada check out www.theultimatesteal.ca. You can buy Ultimate Microsoft Office for $64 or get it for 1 year for $22. Seems like a good deal to me since Ultimate Office comes with lots of the Microsoft programs. The people giving out the flyers on campus were giving out free hotdogs too!

-Mike

[Young_Freebie]

Another option is getting OpenOffice.org. It's free and does everything that Microsoft Office does and more. And it's free unless you want to donate to them.

[eqsania]

I just got OpenOffice, friend suggested it to me, and it's actually really good. Not to mention free.

[Young_Freebie]

I've used it since version 1.9 and loved it. Hence, the sig.

[fierce_angel_6000]

Sometimes as a student, the University will provide you with free software (downloads). Especially if you need specialized programs.

You'll have to check with your university, though, to see what might be offered to you. It's usually specific to the type of program you're taking.

[syunismile]

Mine didn't... they expected you to have the versions they used. hahah

[Young_Freebie]

Do you mind if I ask which programs were needed?

[syunismile]

Me? Microsoft Office 2003

It wasn't really required; it was used as the standard for computing classes.
If you wanted to practice creating slideshows, 'newspaper headings and columns', etc at home then you will need it.

[Drew2]

I am using OpenOffice as well and it's pretty good (although maybe a little buggy).

Does anyone else have problems with commands timing out, or losing formatting such as highlighting?

[Young_Freebie]

I've yet to have an issue like that Drew. Might it be an outdated version of Java?

[frugiedh]

this may be a stupid question but does OpenOffice have powerpoint? I have openoffice but have yet to figure it out totally.
AND how could I get a resume wizard for it?
Thanks!

[Kristin]

http://www.openoffice.org/faq.html

I've just started using it so I can't help you out too much, but that link might help.

As far as I can tell, Open Office can open and save files in .doc, .ppt, and .xls formats, but you have to "save as" to do so, as the automatic file format is something else, like .odt. So as long as you remember to save in the correct file format you can exchange files with anyone using MS. Office

[Young_Freebie]

OpenOffice does have a powerpoint part, called Presentations, you just need to save it as a powerpoint (PPT) file.

As for the wizard, no clue.

Kristin, thanks for helping out, and there is a way to change the default saving. Since I haven't used it in a while, I'm installing it again, so I'll soon know how to do it.