Microsoft Home and Student vs Home and Business

[Ponyfan]

Hi,

I need a new version of Word. The one I'm using is so old that it barely works, and I can't access any templates or anything because it's so old.  I've been looking at Home and Student and Home and Business versions of Office.  Home and Student is about half the cost of the Home and Business versions. I've tried comparing them and it looks like the main advantage to getting Home and Business is that it comes with Microsoft Access?  I have Access through my old version of Office, but I'm not so attached to it that I have to have it.  The only thing I used it for was trying to keep track of my collectibles.   

Any thoughts are appreciated.


Ponyfan

[tailrustedtealeaf]

Is it something that you have to have? Google docs is very powerful!

I don't even think they update Access anymore. I probably would stick to the cheaper one.

[Ponybookworm]

I have LibreOffice, which is free to download & use. I use that for my documents, & you can save files as Word-compatible if you want to. It works really well for me.

I used to use Access for the collectibles database, but I think most people use spreadsheets for it now, & I can never find how to get at the database files... Going to have to redo those I think...

[Barnacle_lady]

I am using the Office apps through Outlook. Going to Outlook and you open the app you want.
Or store the files in Dropbox and open from there (through the browser) to process.