This goes out to all of you who got a new computer back in December. You know that, shiny new laptop that has a copy of Office 2007 installed on it. If you didn't end up getting a license for that, it means your 60-day trial is either coming to an end or it has already expired. Good news for you, you can buy a license over at your local computer store or online at a site like Newegg.com - I highly recommend that you do not purchase a license unless it's from a well established retailer. You could get into trouble if you think you're getting a good deal by purchasing Office online through an auction site.

For those of you that either don't have the money for that yet or need a nice office suite to replace your expired Office suite, look no further!

OpenOffice is a nice office suite that'll get you where you need to go. Got a paper to write that's due but you can't use Office because your trial expired? Go to http://www.openoffice.org and download their FREE office suite that runs using Java. It's cross platform so for all you Linux users out there (I know you're out there) can take advantage of this too. 150MB download so be advised if you're on a slow connection, it might take a while to download.


And hey, are you borrowing a friend's computer and they don't want you installing anything on it? There's always OpenOffice Portable. You can get a copy and install it to a USB drive. Works like a charm! http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable
Note: Like the site says "99MB Download - 248MB installed" I'd advise installing to a least a 512MB USB drive so you can also have some space for your documents/presentations/spreadsheets if need be.