Microsoft has never offered free upgrades of MS Office.
However, check with your school. Many colleges have licensing agreements with software vendors (mostly Microsoft and Adobe) that allow them to sell software to their students at a huge discount. My university offered MS Office, Project, Visio, Vista and a few more Microsoft products all for $100.00.
The best Microsoft Office compatible suite that I use on my own work laptop is the Kingsoft Office 2007 Free Personal suite version.
It is compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint:
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The installation file is stored in a zip file so you will need a program like Winzip or ExtractNow (which you can get from http://www.download.com ) to unzip the file and extract the installation program for the Kingsoft Office 2007 Free Personal Edition.
I use the Kingsoft Office 2007 Free Edition suite on my own work laptop mainly because the menu interface for this suite is similar to Microsoft Office 2003 and so I find it easier to use.
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