i need (im very much in a hurry) to get microsoft word on my pc for a school thing. im an absolute noob at computer stuff so sorry. and no, i cant use any other text editor, i need specifically ms word. can somebody help me thru the steps? im getting a bit desperate, and people telling me how easy it is without showing me is really putting me thru a bad mood

    • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      ok that's cool, but can i not import a file from outside? like i need to download a layout for writing a thesis for school, is that not a possibility?

      • Multihedra [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I am pretty sure that every school I’ve been to has had a deal with Microsoft and made office available to its students; either the Office365 shit (through a browser) or as a download on their website.

        If your school email is through Microsoft (login thru outlook or exchange), you 100% already have the online Microsoft account and can go to office.com and log in. If you can log in (using school email), you can download office to your machine, or upload files (the template) to OneDrive and Office will have access to it.

        You can try calling your IT department and asking, if you can’t find that on the schools website once your logged in.

        If you go this route and need a hand with anything I’ll try my best to help

  • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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    4 years ago

    Why does it have to be Microsoft Word? What features do you need?

    The place to start would be by creating an account on the MDL forum and reading through the info and tools available there. Probably avoid "cracked" office torrents on public trackers, way too easy to slip malware into those.

    • dead [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The people in this thread that are recommending to download and run software from public torrents are wild.

      You can download a verified office installer iso from msdn and then activate the installation with software from github ,

    • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      it's complicated, but basically i cant, i just cant. i would've used it sinc eits my main thing but for this i cant

      • Windows97 [any, any]
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        4 years ago

        Potentially freeoffice might work, it's proprietary but from what I've heard it has good compatibility with MS office documents. Just thought I'd put it out there in case you ever needed something legit that might work. Definitely recommend borrowing word though if you can though since word works with word docs 100% of the time.

                  • Pezevenk [he/him]
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                    4 years ago

                    Why not get tor? Tor is cool and it's free and it's easy to install and also you can use it for other piracy stuff after you're done with ms word. Actually perhaps you don't have to do this for word but you should get tor.

                    • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
                      hexagon
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                      4 years ago

                      cos it's kind of complicated, i dont have much time, it sounds like too much, i dont need that much more piracy stuff, i've heard it can be bad, im turned off to having the pedo engine on my pc, and at this point im just asking my parents for moeny so i can get it normally without shady things going on..

                      • Pezevenk [he/him]
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                        4 years ago

                        Tor isn't complicated. It's just a browser, you download it, it takes a few minutes to install, and it's not shady either.

                          • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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                            4 years ago

                            "Please help me pirate."

                            "wtf pirating isn't as easy a clicking a single link and the software immediately downloading? Fuck you all."

                            Anyway, most likely you can get a legit copy of Word free from your school. Search "school name Microsoft Office" or some shit.

                          • Pezevenk [he/him]
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                            4 years ago

                            Why do you have to pay bill gates lol like tor is genuinely like installing firefox, it's not some 1337 hacker shit. Or maybe look at what @Suckingdicksince90 said, idk.

                            Unless you just want to pay for it to have better access, idk.

                            To pirate stuff you first need to access torrent websites, typically. Some places block these websites, so I use Tor to circumvent it (Greece has blocked most of the big torrent websites). VPNs may also work sometimes. Tor isn't complicated, it's just a special browser, you install it and you're good to go. And it's not shady, there is absolutely nothing illegal about it, plus it is open source. You also need BitTorrent. You find the torrent you want, you open it with BitTorrent and you download the file. Then there is usually an installation process which is sometimes sliiightly complicated but that depends.

                            EDIT: Also tor is not a "pedo engine"? It's like calling google a "pedo engine". Idk where you heard that.

                          • kissinger
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                            1 year ago

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          • QuillcrestFalconer [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            If you're using Firefox then activating dns over https might work to get over some blocked sites https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https , otherwise use tor like some suggested