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Re: What's the best software suite, and where to buy it?
Subject:Re: What's the best software suite, and where to buy it? From:Bill Swallow <bill_swallow -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Oct 2000 10:47:43 -0700 (PDT)
Isn't there also some "loophole" in which you can get
MS Works (a relatively cheap set of tools) and upgrade
it to Office with a normal office upgrade? I remember
being able to do this back in 1996... Works goes for
about $50 US, which is almost chicken scratch...
--- David Berg <dberg -at- dmpnet -dot- com> wrote:
> I hesitate a little to mention this, but if you're
> *really* tight on money
> and decide you need to have MS Office, look into
> picking up a copy of Office
> 97. I'm not positive about the rest of the apps, but
> I know that Word 97
> files can read Word 2000 docs, even if it can't
> manage quite all of the 2000
> versions features, such as a greater number of
> colors, etc.
>
> You should be able to find a copy of Office 97 for
> chicken scratch. BTW,
> there were, of course, different version of 97.
> Consider which programs you
> need in the package; i.e. Publisher vs. FrontPage.
=====
Bill Swallow
Technical Writer
PowerAdz.com
518.687.6107
bswallow -at- poweradz -dot- com
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