Microsoft Office is too expensive try openoffice 3.2 its free

[Tony]

OpenOffice.org (OOo) by Sun Micro Systems
Runs on windows and linux platforms

The interface is similar to that of MS Office
it saves files in many different formats.
Even if you use Microsoft Office OpenOffice.org (OOo) solves the problem of reading and writing docs to different formats.
When your trial version of Microsoft Office expires
Give the program a try its free and very good!!
With the money saved you could buy a new laptop computer.

A credible rival to MS Office, OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases, as well as HTML and XML documents.
Not only all of these but you can export your files to high quality pdf documents.
Visit the wiki http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_Page
for help visit the forum http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/
download the open office 3.2 from
http://download.cnet.com/OpenOffice-org/3000-18483_4-10263109.html