Kingsoft Office 2012 is not Free.

[Osaban]

Well this morning I received a nice little alert from Kingsoft Office 2012 that if I want to continue using it I'll have to buy a license. I'm happy about the product but I won't buy it as I think they have mislead us in the first place.

Check the link for a thread dealing with it exactly a year ago, specifically posts #33 and #38
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showt...ft+Office+2012

Edit: I followed their link Kingsoft Online Store and they offer a Professional, Standard, and Free versions. Probably what I should do is uninstall my expired version and install a fresh one.
http://www.kingsoftstore.co.uk/kings...-freeware.html

[PaulBB]

Oh no, not again with the Kingsoft Office free or not free story. Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 is FREEWARE and always was.

Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 (8.1.0.3036)
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/kingsof...-freeware.html

[DBone]

LibreOffice is free

[Osaban]

Originally Posted by PaulBB

Oh no, not again with the Kingsoft Office free or not free story. Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 is FREEWARE and always was.

Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2012 (8.1.0.3036)
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/kingsof...-freeware.html

The point is that perhaps for language problems (spelling nummber for number is pretty indicative) Kingsoft haven't clarified what they meant in the first place.
The free version is disactivated after a year, and one has the choice of buying a license of the Pro, Standard, or re-installing a new version of the free (free for home users).

I have re-installed the free version and all is well as I prefer this software to Libre Office. One should pay attention during the installation as it will try to include Kingsoft Anti Virus with it, but it can be easily deselected if one doesn't want it.

[d0t]

I can't say much because I've been using it for about 3 months. At least, so far it didn't give me any warning

[DBone]

I tried Kingsoft on a .doc with a lot of numbers and columns (my daughters team's softball game stats) and all it displayed was Chinese symbols. I have 100's of these .docs so Kingsoft is not an option for me.

[TonyW]

Originally Posted by DBone

LibreOffice is free

That's true, but parts of it require Java for it to work. With latest Java vulnerabilities, people have been advised to disable or uninstall Java. (I understand though that Oracle have since released patches to fix the loophole.) This is probably why some will look for alternatives to LibreOffice, such as Kingsoft Office, that don't require Java.

Having said that, I believe LibreOffice developers are working to reduce or eliminate the dependency on Java in the future.

[Critter2]

well my copy just pop up and ask for a key
guess this is not freeware

[AMIGA500]

Libre office is too big a download.Can anybody reccommend an smaller alternative please.

[ichito]

Originally Posted by Beethoven1770

Libre office is too big a download.Can anybody reccommend an smaller alternative please.

Yes ...ca 56 MB to download

SoftMaker FreeOffice is a complete office suite with a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a presentation-graphics program:

FreeOffice TextMaker is more than just Word-compatible: It is not only great at document creation, but also at adding great-looking layouts.
The FreeOffice PlanMaker spreadsheet is not only Excel-compatible, but convinces with ease-of-use, speed, and presentation-quality charts.
And FreeOffice Presentations presents itself as a capable, easy to use alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint.

http://freeoffice.com/

[AMIGA500]

Ive decided to go with kingsoft office instead.
The softmaker open office was blocked by online armor as being a suspicious installation and im not taking any chances with it.
Kingsoft seems a nice program though and fits my needs.

[zfactor]

when i sent them a question from the last time this was brought up i got a response saying it was free and went for a years time. i never heard back after that. so im still not sure if they meant it was like a 1 year trial or like avast free you have to re-register after a years time... not sure. i know i also got this popup a while after using it so its now gone from my systems.

[Daveski17]

Well, I've been using OpenOffice for over four years & I still prefer it to everything else I've tried. including LibreOffice. When surfing with SeaMonkey (or Firefox) I have PrefBar installed & just uncheck Java. It's an old K-Meleon trick.

[chrisretusn]

Originally Posted by TonyW

...parts of it require Java for it to work. ... I believe LibreOffice developers are working to reduce or eliminate the dependency on Java in the future.

Yes the are, in most cases you will not need to have Java installed to use LibreOffice.
Does LibreOffice require Java? » LibreOffice