If you're in college (or know someone who is), I would reccommend that you just go (or have them go) to a computer lab and ask about getting a copy of Microsoft Office. I know that here at Pitt we can get the following unlocked programs for free:
MS Office 2000
Win 98 SE Upgrade
Win ME Upgrade
Win NT 4.0 Upgrade
Win 2000 Upgrade
MS FrontPage 2000
MS Visual Studio 6.0
C++
FoxPro
J++
There are also some other programs available, but they are specific to classes offered by the University.
Zenmervolt