Enticing offer from Microsoft

So I took another long break from the blog. Since I am merely an amateur blogger, I don’t feel guilty for not writing anything in a few weeks. However a lot has happened in this time span and I have a few things to share with you, the readers. So what do I write about after such a long haitus? A great offer from a vendor of course!

A few weeks ago I wrote about the different offerings of Microsoft in regards to the line of Microsoft Office products. I have also in the past praised Google’s free alternative to the traditional office suite. However, sometimes a basic solution is missing certain features that you use on occasion but not often enough to notice until you really need them.

Such is the case with editing word documents and writing content for publication. A client of mine who is writing documentation for publishing has solicited my help with certain issues. I was required to section a document into various formats and this requires Microsoft Word as opening the original with any other application resulted in formatting discrepencies. So I had to get myself MS Office and fast. My first step was to install a free trial of Microsoft Office 2013 which was good for 30 days to see if all of the features were there. Once I determined that the tools I needed were there, I had to choose my course of action once the 30 day trial expired. Logically, I was debating between Office 365 and Office 2013.

Microsoft made the decision very easy for me given the promotion found in the Microsoft Store; for a paltry 99 dollars, I would be getting; Office 365 for one pc and one tablet, 1TB of cloud storage on one drive for one year. And a 7 inch HP Tablet running windows 8.1! Oh, and they also threw in a 25 dollar gift card to use to buy apps in the Microsoft Store! So, either I got a free tablet or MS Office 365 free of charge depending on how one looks at it! Given the fact that I needed the software, the free tablet was a sweet offer.

I will review both the tablet and the Office 365 Personal in separate reviews. But for now, I suggest that you check out the Microsoft Store. So far I got two solid deals from them. Given the fact that it’s microsoft we are talking about, I’ll take it!