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You should probably get a proper licence for Office. I had problems with just the trial version of Office, lost a few bits of work after it kept crashing and compatibility with older versions of Word made some things a headache. A torrent or cracked version might prove to be troublesome as well (although admittedly I've never tried it). Personally, for ease of mind, especially if you're working on important files, I think it's better to just get the full version, even if it is expensive. OpenOffice could be an option if you have no money, but compatibility with formatting and losing information like formulas etc. is the main problem.

I just find W8 a pain in the ass.