<p>If you get a deal on Microsoft Office 2010 I’d get it. Student versions are easy to secure: <a href=“http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Office_Compare_Editions?WT.mc_id=pointitsem_US_Google_5-OfficeSpecial_generic&wt.term=microsoft%20office&wt.campaign=*5+-+Office+(Special+Budget)+best+kws&wt.content=EhqYakCB&wt.source=google&wt.medium=cpc&WT.srch=1[/url]”>http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Office_Compare_Editions?WT.mc_id=pointitsem_US_Google_5-OfficeSpecial_generic&wt.term=microsoft%20office&wt.campaign=*5+-+Office+(Special+Budget)+best+kws&wt.content=EhqYakCB&wt.source=google&wt.medium=cpc&WT.srch=1</a> </p>
<p>However, [OpenOffice[/url</a>] is free and earlier versions of MS Office, going back to MS Office 2003 are just fine. Just download the free plug-ins to load .docx (created in Office 2007+) files: <a href=“http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=3[/url]”>http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=3](<a href=“http://www.openoffice.org/]OpenOffice[/url”>http://www.openoffice.org/)</a></p>