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I've managed to lose my copy of Office Pro Plus when I restored my laptop to factory settings. I've been onto microsoft and they won't let me have another download, despite me having the original activation key, because I purchased the software via an employee offer at a company I no longer work for.
So need a new one. I'd rather just pay once rather than having a subscription. Don't need anything as complex as pro plus, just need word etc and to be able to open all my documents.
Whats the simplest and cheapest way of getting Office back?

Chappy wrote:I've managed to lose my copy of Office Pro Plus when I restored my laptop to factory settings. I've been onto microsoft and they won't let me have another download, despite me having the original activation key, because I purchased the software via an employee offer at a company I no longer work for.
So need a new one. I'd rather just pay once rather than having a subscription. Don't need anything as complex as pro plus, just need word etc and to be able to open all my documents.
Whats the simplest and cheapest way of getting Office back?

Is it office Pro Plus 2013?

You could download the trial, install and just use your key.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcen ... -plus-2013

BG

No, its Office Pro Plus 2010.
Would I have to do this every month or so if I use a trial version?
Forgive my utter crapness - if I knew what I was doing I wouldn't be asking!

Chappy wrote:No, its Office Pro Plus 2010.
Would I have to do this every month or so if I use a trial version?
Forgive my utter crapness - if I knew what I was doing I wouldn't be asking!

Different version then - won't work.

The bits are the same for trials and version usually - you would have used your key and not the trial one. Won't work though, as it's a totally different SKU.

Office 365 is yearly and can be used on 5 devices (tablets, phones, etc). The Office 2016 full sku is a buy once and forget - no ongoing charged. Bet you could get one cheaper in PC World or something, on the shelf.

BG

Ok great, I'll have a look at some prices online.
My activation key is for a 'home user programme' - they will only send me a new download to the email address of the company I used to work at.
They told me to do one when I said I don't work there anymore!

I've just sent you a message sweet cheeks - up to you :)

I have Office Pro 2010.

Would your key work on this version?

Not from Microsoft, but if you just want an "office" programme have you considered Open office it really is free, has no ads and does everything I need.

BillyGoat wrote:I've just sent you a message sweet cheeks - up to you :)

Responded to.

someone-else wrote:Not from Microsoft, but if you just want an "office" programme have you considered Open office it really is free, has no ads and does everything I need.

Oh - I'll have a look at that, thank you.

Hi,

Good luck Chappy. I'm running Office Pro 2003 and about a year ago I started having lots of difficulties with it changing text from what I was typing and over a few months this became so bad I could have bricked my monitor; a chum recommended I switch to the free "Open Office" which I did and there was some improvement but it still wasn't right; I posted on UHM about my dilemma and it turned out that I needed to disable something on my computer which guessed what I was about to type; I've forgotten the details but it worked so I reverted back to Office Pro 20003.

Having said this whilst I was using Open Office I didn't notice any difference so perhaps you could give Open Office a go because after all its free?

Kind regards, Col.

+1 for Open Office

All the same options and will read all the same file types but totally free and no adverts.

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I also have the Microsoft office disk but have lost my activation key so similar problem. But I also use open office, which I can highly recommend as a good alternative.

Open office here too, it doesn't look quite as good menu wise but never had any issues with it.

I used Open Office for years with no problems, but a friend told me that Libre Office is more compatible with some files, after I had a problem with opening some older doc files.
So I'm using that at the moment.