Do you use Office 365?

Worst computer game of all time!

But seriously, I use the PowerPivot function for connecting to a SQL server database. However, I was doing that with Excel 2014. It does make it easier however. The 3D mapping tool is really good.

I would also like to hear about this product.

I use it all the time and does everything you'd expect it to. With one glaring exception of course: it no longer pops up a paper clip and asks "Looks like you're writing a letter", which is an awful shame.

Would you recommend JM?

Yes I would Aspro, without question. I'm certain there are better-qualified people out there to talk about alternatives but 365 does all that I need it for.

Sweet; I'll just wait for a bit more feedback before indulging. Thank you

Et voila!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Office-365-Home-subscription/product-reviews/B00A2ILUZO

Think you can get a 30 day trial for free. Decent value if you share it with 3-4 other people, and have use for the cloud storage and Skype calls. Personally I prefer to own my software, not subscribe to it. Office 2019 will be released later this year (will not be supported for as many years as before though, 7 instead of  10). Also check out Libre Office if you haven't already. Completely free and good enough for most people in my experience.

OpenOffice is FREE - https://www.openoffice.org/

Do you have to pay annually for Office 365?  I buy Office outright so I don't know, do you need Office?  do you need the whole suite? plenty of free alternatives, like Openoffice.

As for a review, I've used Office since it first came out and really enjoy using it and would recommend it, if you need the whole package.

I'm a big fan of Outlook, which keeps my life in check and use both Excel and Word religiously. Tried open office at work and didn't agree with me.

Office 365 is either annually at £79.99 for 5 licences or £59.99 for just the one. Alternatively you can pay monthly at £7.99 or £5.99, which can be cancelled at any time. I don't mind the annual fee to guarantee I will always have the latest edition(s) and it saves money. It's very cheap (as Mr.Anderson pointed out) if shared with friends/relatives.

I use Word loads (but only have 2007 and 2010 starter) and Excel occasionally. I don't think I have need for cloud, sharing, or any other office things.
So my question to the panel is:

Would office 365 benefit me in any way?

I'm going for the free trial, although I'm already half-committed to buying it anyway. Watch this space.

As for your question Study I have no idea mate. For me, having the latest edition at all times for £79.99 per annum is worth it as I am a frequent user of their software. Personally, if you can find 2-3 people to share it with then you can get the price down to circa £2 per month. Is that worth it?

I use Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003.
Has anything happened in the last fifteen years?

@studyform - if you just use Word and the odd spreadsheet there's no need to pay for something else you don't need.  Is there anything you can't do now which you can do on a newer version?

I'm a developer so l like to have the latest version, the upgrades are important to me, but if you can do everything you need why pay more?

One thing you should be aware of if you use office 2007 or earlier is that Microsoft no longer fix security vulnerabilities for those suites, making them a security risk.

Just found that out Mr.A. They have stopped upgrading old software.

Anyway, downloaded and a few minor issues but so far so good. Outlook is a little slow on opening following a reboot but after that it is fine. Like all new things this will take a little getting used to but can't see any major issues so far.

My old 2003 documents are a little out of synch with the newer version but nothing a little tinkering won't handle. I also used their online help for allowing all of my email address to download to Outlook and I'm glad I did as they gave me a second month free, which was an unexpected bonus.

Good question, alpha. No I don't think there is much I can't do by combining Word with a couple of poster programs I use, or by cutting and pasting.

So you're probably right. Thank you.

I think open office is now LibreOffice. I haven't actually got round to installing it yet but it seems to be rated highly.

https://www.libreoffice.org/

office 365 ?  never heard of them. Do they restrict your bets to 25p after you have a winner ?

If you use office and you know somebody who works in a big company, or the civil service, look at the MS HUP (Home User scheme).

It costs a tenner.

Other than being a little slow in opening documents or Outlook I am pleased with the software and will no doubt continue with the purchase following the free trial

May 18, 2018 -- 7:28PM, MC Roller wrote:

I think open office is now LibreOffice. I haven't actually got round to installing it yet but it seems to be rated highly.https://www.libreoffice.org/

Open Office still exists alongside Libre Office. Don't think the difference is very big. I have Libre Office on one of my computers, and it's quite good.