Need Office 2007 for Home?

Do you need Office 2007 for home, but can't afford the big price tag? The Microsoft Office Suite is quite pricey, but there is a way to get Office tools without paying an arm and a leg! The most cost-effective way to get Office for home is to but the Home and Student version which right now is coming with a free upgrade to Office 2010 when it ends beta testing. (I'll discuss what I like about 2010 in another article).

Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 It's only $100.00 from Amazon (with no tax or shipping) or 99$ from Walmart . I'm still running 2003 at home except on my laptop I am beta'ing Office 2010. So, I plan to pick this up while they are still offering the free upgrade. Amazon offers free shipping for orders over 25$ and there is no tax. Can't beat that. I ordered my version from Amazon because the no tax/shipping makes it a sweet deal.

The Home and Student Version comes with Word, Excel and One Note. It doesn't come with Outlook which is no big loss! Thunderbird is a more robust email client and is free. :)

Download Thunderbird from here: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/.

Be sure to read the licensing agreements on all software packages and stay in compliance with them. The fines are five figures if you are out of compliance. Owning a disk doesn't mean you can install the program on multiple computers. Read the licenses to know for sure what you are allowed to do.