Microsoft o365 offers?
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I’m weaning myself off the Microsoft products, but last time I renewed license I found valid 15 month code on House of Bezos for around £55.
Have those deals disappeared, or are there other places I should look?
Note: I’m not looking for dodgy hooky codes, but their 12 month price for family use appears to be north of twice that now!
Linked question….
If I do stop paying, obviously I lose the storage that came with it (which we never really used!). Will I still have read access to all the data we have stored, or does something weird happen?
(fully expect weird - have a personal loathing of all things Microsoft after MANY years of pain, but there are still one or two things I’m struggling to get Google sheets to easily replicate)
Have those deals disappeared, or are there other places I should look?
Note: I’m not looking for dodgy hooky codes, but their 12 month price for family use appears to be north of twice that now!
Linked question….
If I do stop paying, obviously I lose the storage that came with it (which we never really used!). Will I still have read access to all the data we have stored, or does something weird happen?
(fully expect weird - have a personal loathing of all things Microsoft after MANY years of pain, but there are still one or two things I’m struggling to get Google sheets to easily replicate)
Can't see any at the minute but they do turn up on Amazon and ShopTo. Keep an eye on hotukdeals.
What should happen when the subscription ends is the storage on OneDrive drops to 5gb and if you are using more it becomes readonly until the used space drops down. They will likely remove any extra files after a year, though take that with a pinch of salt.
What should happen when the subscription ends is the storage on OneDrive drops to 5gb and if you are using more it becomes readonly until the used space drops down. They will likely remove any extra files after a year, though take that with a pinch of salt.
Edited by redstar1 on Monday 10th March 20:50
[quote=mikeiow]I’m weaning myself off the Microsoft products, but last time I renewed license I found valid 15 month code on House of Bezos for around £55.
Have those deals disappeared, or are there other places I should look?/quote]
Related - Microsoft have tightened up on reselling Office 365 codes on eBay and as soon as you list one it gets taken down. Which is a shame if you have one spare...
Have those deals disappeared, or are there other places I should look?/quote]
Related - Microsoft have tightened up on reselling Office 365 codes on eBay and as soon as you list one it gets taken down. Which is a shame if you have one spare...
mikeiow said:
I’m weaning myself off the Microsoft products, but last time I renewed license I found valid 15 month code on House of Bezos for around £55.
Have those deals disappeared, or are there other places I should look?
Note: I’m not looking for dodgy hooky codes, but their 12 month price for family use appears to be north of twice that now!
Linked question….
If I do stop paying, obviously I lose the storage that came with it (which we never really used!). Will I still have read access to all the data we have stored, or does something weird happen?
(fully expect weird - have a personal loathing of all things Microsoft after MANY years of pain, but there are still one or two things I’m struggling to get Google sheets to easily replicate)
What are you actually after? If you're not using the storage then why not get a permanent Office licence for £19/24:Have those deals disappeared, or are there other places I should look?
Note: I’m not looking for dodgy hooky codes, but their 12 month price for family use appears to be north of twice that now!
Linked question….
If I do stop paying, obviously I lose the storage that came with it (which we never really used!). Will I still have read access to all the data we have stored, or does something weird happen?
(fully expect weird - have a personal loathing of all things Microsoft after MANY years of pain, but there are still one or two things I’m struggling to get Google sheets to easily replicate)
https://ecokeys.co.uk/microsoft-office/
If you do use the storage then use something like Dropbox instead so you aren't tied to Microsoft. The free level will give to 2GB of storage.
Another recommendation for Libre Office here if you want to avoid the big guys.
I've tried the other free office options but they either have something missing (no database for example) or don't sync/convert particularly well if you're using cloud storage.
The biggest issue most people have is that Libre doesn't look exactly life MS Office.
I've tried the other free office options but they either have something missing (no database for example) or don't sync/convert particularly well if you're using cloud storage.
The biggest issue most people have is that Libre doesn't look exactly life MS Office.
Mr Pointy said:
What are you actually after? If you're not using the storage then why not get a permanent Office licence for £19/24:
https://ecokeys.co.uk/microsoft-office/
If you do use the storage then use something like Dropbox instead so you aren't tied to Microsoft. The free level will give to 2GB of storage.
Mac here: looks like that is all windows, sadly.https://ecokeys.co.uk/microsoft-office/
If you do use the storage then use something like Dropbox instead so you aren't tied to Microsoft. The free level will give to 2GB of storage.
White-Noise said:
Slight side option but you could see how you get on with libre office or Google.
I am using Google - a lot - have moved most of my important (to me!) stuff there, already sold my soul to let them store photos & pay for storage with that.Tried Libre Office briefly.
One desire is to be able to easily access and edit things on different devices: google is a little fiddly for some of that on the iPhone & iPad…& I couldn’t find any easy way to do that with Libre Office.
I probably need a sustained purge of what data I did put on MS storage, & an attack on the couple of sheets I have struggled a bit with….
Steve_H80 said:
Another recommendation for Libre Office here if you want to avoid the big guys.
I've tried the other free office options but they either have something missing (no database for example) or don't sync/convert particularly well if you're using cloud storage.
The biggest issue most people have is that Libre doesn't look exactly life MS Office.
What I like about Libre is how easily modifiable it is. I have it on my laptop. I was given a free subscription to MS Office, some years ago now, and it's coming to the end of its support. I'll go full Libre then. I won't miss it. I'm almost looking forward to it.I've tried the other free office options but they either have something missing (no database for example) or don't sync/convert particularly well if you're using cloud storage.
The biggest issue most people have is that Libre doesn't look exactly life MS Office.
Derek Smith said:
Steve_H80 said:
Another recommendation for Libre Office here if you want to avoid the big guys.
I've tried the other free office options but they either have something missing (no database for example) or don't sync/convert particularly well if you're using cloud storage.
The biggest issue most people have is that Libre doesn't look exactly life MS Office.
What I like about Libre is how easily modifiable it is. I have it on my laptop. I was given a free subscription to MS Office, some years ago now, and it's coming to the end of its support. I'll go full Libre then. I won't miss it. I'm almost looking forward to it.I've tried the other free office options but they either have something missing (no database for example) or don't sync/convert particularly well if you're using cloud storage.
The biggest issue most people have is that Libre doesn't look exactly life MS Office.
.Raised a question on their support, & discovered a veritable rabbit hole of possible issues. Kinda put me off, tbh!!
Griffith4ever said:
mikeiow said:
Note: I’m not looking for dodgy hooky codes, but their 12 month price for family use appears to be north of twice that now!
More the fool you then, because they are neither dodgy or hooky - and would solve your problem in a single stroke.What would solve my problem in a single stroke - paying full wack?
What an odd reply!
mikeiow said:
Tried Libre Office briefly.
One desire is to be able to easily access and edit things on different devices: google is a little fiddly for some of that on the iPhone & iPad…& I couldn’t find any easy way to do that with Libre Office.
If you use Google Drive it manages the conversion of documents for you when it syncs your local Drive with the cloud. I have Libre on the laptop, so the documents stored on my Google Drive are accessible as Google Docs to my Android devices. One desire is to be able to easily access and edit things on different devices: google is a little fiddly for some of that on the iPhone & iPad…& I couldn’t find any easy way to do that with Libre Office.
I expect other cloud drives will do the same.
I don't know how much of that transfers into the Mac universe, Apple usually like to do things their own way.
-Cappo- said:
I've been paying monthly for a 365 sub on a Mac, but they've just hiked the price by c.50%.
I'd happily migrate elsewhere, but I use, and have a lot of data in, OneNote. Are there any decent alternatives to that product, which would import what I currently have?
Is this asociated with the price increase for Copilot that you can avoid by downgrading?I'd happily migrate elsewhere, but I use, and have a lot of data in, OneNote. Are there any decent alternatives to that product, which would import what I currently have?
https://www.howtogeek.com/avoid-paying-for-microso...
Mr Pointy said:
-Cappo- said:
I've been paying monthly for a 365 sub on a Mac, but they've just hiked the price by c.50%.
I'd happily migrate elsewhere, but I use, and have a lot of data in, OneNote. Are there any decent alternatives to that product, which would import what I currently have?
Is this asociated with the price increase for Copilot that you can avoid by downgrading?I'd happily migrate elsewhere, but I use, and have a lot of data in, OneNote. Are there any decent alternatives to that product, which would import what I currently have?
https://www.howtogeek.com/avoid-paying-for-microso...
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