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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 03:11 PM
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I had to buy word/ office for my pc - do I need to buy another for
my laptop?
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 03:24 PM
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1. Depends on the license you purchased, but likely yes.
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seaglass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 05:14 PM
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2. I have the student version and it is good for 3 PCs, so I would check
your license - it may be good for more than one.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 05:15 PM
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3. Download Open Office.
Edited on Tue Dec-30-08 05:16 PM by KitchenWitch
Free free free and has analogs that actually work in all the MS Office applications.

http://www.openoffice.org/

ETA: URL
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 05:25 PM
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5. Agree - I use programs that supposedly "only" work with MS Office, but
they work just fine with Open Office.
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 07:26 PM
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12. thanks
:toast:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 05:18 PM
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4. Do NOT go looking for a keygen for that program.
That might just be wrong.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 05:27 PM
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6. Does "your friend" have experience in such things?
:evilgrin:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 05:43 PM
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7. Who me?
Never. I bought all of my editions of Adobe Acrobat Pro, Illustrator and Photoshop.

Or something. No idea how to use most of them, but whatever.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 05:58 PM
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8. You are such an angel.
:o
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 06:01 PM
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9. SOMEone needs to offset all these bad eggs.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 06:17 PM
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10. There is always the permanent demo version
Not that I would do anything like that.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 06:56 PM
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11. Of course not. Like me, you're an innocent.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 07:36 PM
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13. I think the copy we bought at my office is licensed for 4 computers.
So, you probably don't need to buy another one yet. Either way, you can download Open Office, which is free and compatible with Microsoft Office.
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 08:28 PM
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14. Legally... depends on license.
So read that carefully.

Morally? Personally I think you should have the right to have it on your laptop if you've bought the program but I don't make the rules, Micro$haft does.

I've been using Ubuntu (my choice of Linux) lately more and more and I find myself booting into Windows even less. No Office on there, just OpenOffice.

Yes, you can go the illegal route, I think the latest version of Office probably has some hefty digital rights management software built in to prevent multiple installations but I don't know as I am still on the older version of Office and don't need the whiz-bang effects of the new one - yet.

Mark.
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