Windows 10: The new Office 2016 is here

I have a friend who teaches Office and I can tell you her school district doesn't get free product from Microsoft. They're still using Windows 7 and won't upgrade to Windows 10 because they didn't have the money to pay an IT Tech a few weeks ahead of the start of school to do it.

As an aside, it's one of the poorest school districts in our county and she doesn't even get textbooks for her students. They're using Office 2013 and I gave the teacher an Office 2013 book I was no longer using for at least creating lesson plans with.

When you think about it, Microsoft would go broke if they supplied Office to all the school districts in the US.

 

Hi thanks for the help earlier both office 365 and the new office 2016 installed and working well

 

Wynona,

Maybe more schools are using the open source office suites that why Microsoft no longer doing the free office for students and teachers. I remembering hearing on the news in the past that Microsoft gave students and teachers free office software mostly it was colleges.

 

Well, this one's a high school, so that may be the difference. She's been teaching for over 30 years so I'll ask her when she gets home; they can't use their cell phones at school. What's good for the student is good for the teacher. *Smile

When I looked at office.microsoft.com, only the perpetual version of Office 2016 was listed as being "Home and Student". Office 365 was listed merely as Home or Personal.

 

@Wynona

I found something. It is a little different now then it was in the past. You might want to show this to the school.

Students

Teachers

 

Non-profits can get Office Suites with a heavy discount from Techsoup. The non-profit I contract with is just waiting for Office 2016 to pop up, then we're gonna grab a few copies of the Professional Plus version for $40 each.

 

Thanks, Groze! This is fantastic!

The school is most likely eligible. Teach told me their accreditation, but I don't remember what she said, but it's low! Our county is financially depressed . . .

 

Thanks, Blackrose! I'll look into that too.

 

Yeah, they discontinued the 3 license pack with Office 2010. With Office 2013, you only got 1 copy. They really wanted you on Office 365. And when you look at the cost of Office 365, you effectively get 5 copies of the Office Professional product that costs $399.99 standalone per copy, and you get 1TB of OneDrive space for each of the 5 users, so you get 5TB of OneDrive space essentially with your Office365 subscription. You get all of this for $99 a year.

If you don't need 5 copies, you can buy Office365 personal which is only $69 for a year and includes 1 copy of Office Pro and 1TB of OneDrive space. And with Office365, you will always stay current on the new versions of Office.

 

Well I purchased my Student-Teacher of 365 in 2013 which gave me a 4-year subscription on two PC's plus two smartphones...





Anyway I am eligible for the upgrade but I'm going to wait a minute to see if there are any major issues as I can't afford to have my Office suite acting up.

 

So many options, think my head is about to explode *Tongue

plus I also have installed OpenOffice and FreeOffice, trying to figure out this whole big mess.

 

Then there's Libre Office. *Smile

If you can get along with one of the free versions of Office, and you don't need more, then stay with one of them.

However, if you want to compare, go to office.microsoft.com and get the free trial. I don't know how long it's for, but you should know within a short time if you want to pay for it. *Smile

 

The joys of having a wife who works for the county school system - Office 365 for free

 

The joys of being a college student also helps. I've gotten all of my Adobe product through the student-teacher program as well.

Anyway any thoughts, quirks, or otherwise on/with Office 2016?

Anyone using Deja Office and Companion link having any issues?

Thanks.

 

Yeah, I won a contest and have a one-year subscription for free too. *Smile