Not sure about the digital download bit at the end. Digital RIver's Win7 download process was hopeless - download went OK, but no key on any email correspondence. Repeated calls had to be made to USA before a valid Win7 key was obtained. Next time I'll just pay £10 - life's too short.

It's easy for some random stupid reader to criticise OpenOffice and use M$ office when they don't pay for it.

Pirating software is a crime because it make shitty software "standard" and "required".

Open Office is not "big", only around 130 mb in total compare that to 500 mb min for MS office.
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It is friendly and I have no issues with its productivity as I have used MSoffice 2003 2007 and Open Office. best of all its FREE.

If you do not like OpenOffice (too big and unfriendly) and Microsoft Office is too expensive than get something between.

Kingsoft Office for $39.95 is a good way to go. 100 days free trial helps too.

http://www.binarynow.com/products/kingsoft-office/

Get with the program, Open Office is really not that great. Office 2010 is super slick, has the ribbon bar which is a BIG productivity enhancer and of course integrates very nicely with all of the corporate apps like Office Server / Sharepoint. I've tried to use Open Office again recently and it's like using Office 98. Buttons are small and hard to figure out and everything just looks plain. You get what you pay for....

You can free yourself and save yourself allot of cash and download Open Office.