Consider if you really need to spend the $$$ to buy MS Office.
I’ve been using the OpenOffice open source suite of products for years and never had a problem. It’s fully cross-compatable with Microsoft and everything MS Office does, OpenOffice can do.
Best of all, it’s free. Although, you SHOULD make a donation to the group that supports and improves it.
Sure beats spending hundreds to put MS Office on a $500 laptop.
Grouse