I have windows xp home edition. My wife uses, sends and
receives powerpoint messages on the internet at work. Can
I buy powerpoint software and install it on my computer
alone or do I need the office xp software first?

You can buy the standalone full version of PowerPoint. Be sure that the box
says that it's the full version and not an upgrade.
--

Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
http://www.soniacoleman.com
(Tutorials and Autorun CD Project Creator)
PowerPoint Live! - Featured Speaker
Tucson, AZ; October 12-15, 2003


"Richard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:031301c348f7$74bfba70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have windows xp home edition. My wife uses, sends and
> receives powerpoint messages on the internet at work. Can
> I buy powerpoint software and install it on my computer
> alone or do I need the office xp software first?

Yes, you can buy the stand-alone version of PowerPoint and
install it on your machine without Office. Be sure to get
the full version and not the upgrade version.

There's been a lot of confusion as to which software
people need. If you currently have no version of
PowerPoint on your machine then you'll need to get the
full version of PowerPoint. The upgrade will only work if
you already have the Ppt software on your machine and you
want to upgrade. (ie: Upgrading Ppt 97 to Ppt 2002.)

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>-----Original Message-----
>I have windows xp home edition. My wife uses, sends and
>receives powerpoint messages on the internet at work. Can
>I buy powerpoint software and install it on my computer
>alone or do I need the office xp software first?
>.
>

MS has confused a lot of people with the whole XP thing (anyone know what XP
really stands for?). Usually, here on the News Group, PowerPoint XP is
referred to as by one of its other names, PowerPoint 2002 to avoid
confusion. Here is some background information to help explain things.

Windows XP is your operating system. It controls Windows (operating your
disk drives, printers, modems, mouses, sound cards, video drivers, etc.),
and has a few variations (Home, Pro, etc.). Windows XP was the next release
in MS's chain of Operating Systems: Windows 3.1, 95, 98, & ME.

Access XP, Word XP, PowerPoint XP are all examples of applications. That is
to say, programs that run in the Windows Operating System (OS). The Office
applications work well with one another and are able to share many kinds of
information and component parts. Most of these applications will run on
several versions of the operating system, limited more by computers hardware
than it's software. Theses applications have also been released in series:
97, 2000, & 2002. For some reason, MS called the 2002 version of these
programs XP, just like their Operating System.

Office XP is primarily a collection of these applications. Not all versions
of the Office collection contain PowerPoint (most notably to this group is
Small Business Edition's lack of PowerPoint).



So, with that history under our belt, let's answer your question. Yes, you
can buy PowerPoint for your home computer. You may want to review your
needs and decide if you also want other applications from the Office
collection. If so, but Office XP, but not the Small Business Edition.

If you only need PowerPoint, than buy PowerPoint XP stand alone -- check
that it is not the upgrade version. In order to use the upgrade you must
already have a version of PowerPoint on your computer. The stand alone
version of PowerPoint is more expensive, but will work; whereas the upgrade
will not.

If you only want to be able to see the PowerPoint (not change or write new
files), you can also download the viewer for free from Microsoft's web site.

Hope this complex answer to your simple question makes things clear,
B




"Richard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:031301c348f7$74bfba70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have windows xp home edition. My wife uses, sends and
> receives powerpoint messages on the internet at work. Can
> I buy powerpoint software and install it on my computer
> alone or do I need the office xp software first?

> Access XP, Word XP, PowerPoint XP are all examples of applications.

And to make it even more wonderfully conflusterating: No they're not. Or
rather, they're imaginary ones.

The apps included in Microsoft Office XP are, for some inexplicable reason,
not called Whatever XP, they're called Whatever 2002.

Caution: Marketing Geniuses at Work

They'll never be as silly as the ones Adobe hires, but what the heck, there
has to be a heaven to exceed mere mortal's grasp, eh?

That is
> to say, programs that run in the Windows Operating System (OS). The
Office
> applications work well with one another and are able to share many kinds
of
> information and component parts. Most of these applications will run on
> several versions of the operating system, limited more by computers
hardware
> than it's software. Theses applications have also been released in
series:
> 97, 2000, & 2002. For some reason, MS called the 2002 version of these
> programs XP, just like their Operating System.
>
> Office XP is primarily a collection of these applications. Not all
versions
> of the Office collection contain PowerPoint (most notably to this group is
> Small Business Edition's lack of PowerPoint).
>
>
>
> So, with that history under our belt, let's answer your question. Yes,
you
> can buy PowerPoint for your home computer. You may want to review your
> needs and decide if you also want other applications from the Office
> collection. If so, but Office XP, but not the Small Business Edition.
>
> If you only need PowerPoint, than buy PowerPoint XP stand alone -- check
> that it is not the upgrade version. In order to use the upgrade you must
> already have a version of PowerPoint on your computer. The stand alone
> version of PowerPoint is more expensive, but will work; whereas the
upgrade
> will not.
>
> If you only want to be able to see the PowerPoint (not change or write new
> files), you can also download the viewer for free from Microsoft's web
site.
>
> Hope this complex answer to your simple question makes things clear,
> B
>
>
>
>
> "Richard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:031301c348f7$74bfba70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have windows xp home edition. My wife uses, sends and
> > receives powerpoint messages on the internet at work. Can
> > I buy powerpoint software and install it on my computer
> > alone or do I need the office xp software first?
>
>

> conflusterating

I love it.
Is this a Miller-ism or an original Steve-ism?

> > conflusterating
>
> I love it.
> Is this a Miller-ism or an original Steve-ism?

I hesitate to say that I invented it on the spot. "Dredged it up out of the
mental muck" might be more apt.

All of my really good (imo) neologisms turn out in the end to be
archeologisms.
Plus ça change, plus ça same old recycled gags.

You're right, its one of the benefits of youth. They think they made it up
fresh, instead of us old farts that remembering when Uncle Milty did it.

B


"Steve Rindsberg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > conflusterating
> >
> > I love it.
> > Is this a Miller-ism or an original Steve-ism?
>
> I hesitate to say that I invented it on the spot. "Dredged it up out of
the
> mental muck" might be more apt.
>
> All of my really good (imo) neologisms turn out in the end to be
> archeologisms.
> Plus ça change, plus ça same old recycled gags.
>
>
>
>
>

> You're right, its one of the benefits of youth. They think they made it
up
> fresh, instead of us old farts that remembering when Uncle Milty did it.

And you can thank Baud that you don't remember who Uncle Milty stole it
from!

>
> B
>
>
> "Steve Rindsberg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > conflusterating
> > >
> > > I love it.
> > > Is this a Miller-ism or an original Steve-ism?
> >
> > I hesitate to say that I invented it on the spot. "Dredged it up out of
> the
> > mental muck" might be more apt.
> >
> > All of my really good (imo) neologisms turn out in the end to be
> > archeologisms.
> > Plus ça change, plus ça same old recycled gags.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>