Office 365 renewal

[PolarBear 0]

Where in Germany can I buy the latest Microsoft Office software in English?

[Darkknight 2,305]

Order the student version of MS office 2003 direct from MS UK/Germany for around 100 EUR. It's also avail at most computer stores locally, but it's in German.

[YorkshireLad6 7,152]

It's a bit more expensive than €100. List price (in Germany) is €169, but some online stores knock it out for around €145, often plus shipping. You can get it from a German store (they have stock) here for €144 plus shipping.

 

The Student/Teacher license allows for installation on up to three separate PCs. Interpret that as you will, and consider the resulting cost per person.

 

YL6

[Darkknight 2,305]

True. But as you said those are LIST prices, not RETAIL, and don't take into account special in store promotions. I was at MediaMarkt just yesterday, they had a pallet of these, as did Saturn, all 99 EUR.

[YorkshireLad6 7,152]

In English? The Saturn special offer (Munich only) is €139, but these are only in German, which hardly helps the original poster...

[eucomis1 110]

So, I've just been through the problem of having bought MS Office 2007 here in germany in a german language version and wanting to use it in english i.e. have the user interface (menus, commands etc) in english not just the input.

Now, before somebody points out the bl**ding obvious (as somebody inevitably will...) the reason I didn't buy an english version in the first place is I could buy MS Office Home and Student for €60 with 3 licences (i.e. for use on 3 PCs) and as I'm a native english speaker, and my husband is a native german speaker, we are both more productive in our native languages.

So my solution was -

Go to MS US (http://us20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx - apologies if in time this gets out of date) and download a trial version in english. The site claims the trial is only available to US residents but it worked for me. It gives you a trial product key and asks you to write it down.

It took over 2 hours to download 298MB over a wireless connection @ 54Mbps so give yourself plenty of time.

After the download take the option to run the software.

First off it asks for the product key - INPUT THE PRODUCT KEY FROM YOUR GERMAN VERSION! Not the trial one given by the website. If you just want the trial you can skip past this.

Et voila!

You may also need to check Control Panel - Regional Settings and Language, Control Panel - Keyboard and MS Office Language settings (all of which you may need to change too if they are currently set to german).

Hope this is of use to somebody!

[RockThrust 8]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Office-2007-Student-Licence/dp/B000HCZ8EO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1251752100&sr=8-1

[BobUK 4,654]

Play.com have MS Office 2007 (home & student) for €64.99 - free delivery - here

 

Oops! just noticed this thread is 4 years old :blink:

[smurf 41]

Does anyone have Microsoft Home and Business Suite 2010 with the language pack where you can alternate between German and English. If so, is it good?

 

Also, is it cheaper to buy the suite off the shelf in a shop or direct from Microsoft. Can you buy the language CD off the shelf?

 

thanks

[Philsta 149]

Just use torrents.. easy to get whatever you like in English and it's free :D

[Darkknight 2,305]

Download it directly from MS Here or Here for free 60 Day trial. If you like it, then use their online store to buy a Key which is emailed to you.

(Same for Windows 7) The Language packs for Office 2007/2010 are Free. Download them here

 

No, You can not buy the language pack in stores.. Why would you want to, they are FREE..

And it would be cheaper if you bought from the MS online store (US) and paid in USD instead or EUR.

 

 

Just use torrents.. easy to get whatever you like in English and it's free

Also highly illegal.

[YorkshireLad6 7,152]

 

The Language packs for Office 2007/2010 are Free. Download them here

 

Erm... Language Interface Packs (LIPs) are indeed free, but for Office 2010 (which the OP wants) are only available in Basque, Catalan, Galician and Serbian. LIPs are available for Office 2007 for many other esoteric languages, but not for primary languages such as German. For that you need a Language Pack, and they are NOT free

[Darkknight 2,305]

OK, My bad. But the language pack is still cheap at $25 USD.

[ukpunk1 377]

I was fortunate to purchase a legal copy of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 for only $9.95. Microsoft offers the U.S. military & affiliates a "Home Use Program".

 

http://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/home.aspx?culture=en-US.

[howl 77]

hi, pirate bay?

h.

[zemonkey 445]

 

The Language packs for Office 2007/2010 are Free. Download them here

 

No, You can not buy the language pack in stores.. Why would you want to, they are FREE..

And it would be cheaper if you bought from the MS online store (US) and paid in USD instead or EUR.

 

The link you provided is for a limited number of languages like Galician. Apparently the English language packs are not free.

[Darkknight 2,305]

Already mentioned 5 posts before yours.. Next Time, Try reading before posting.

[YorkshireLad6 7,152]

Unbelievable....

[k0be 1,107]

 

Unbelievable....

 

 

@YL6: i disagree - it's DK after all.

 

In other notes, there is a simple way to extend the trial to 180 days.

[SmittyBoy 494]

And the reason you are not using the free Open Office (or the newly formed LibreOffice ) is ?

 

Over 100 languages supported for free.

Almost all MS Office file formats supported for free.

Some arcane file formats are supported such as WordPerfect and MSWorks (shite) for free.

 

I'll agree OpenOffice can't do *everything* MS Office can, but I've yet to find anyone who used those features, and couldn't find nearly equivalent functionality in OpenOffice.