There is software, which you never get for free... Can you get Windows 7 for free if you are an XP user... All new versions need to be paid, because the are doing a lot of research for what would be better... And "If you are good at anything, never do it for Free"... Office 2007 has all functions same as that of Office 2010... Only the Interface of One-Note has changed & an extra function has been added, which I didn't find useful...