I have several problems with Word 2007 - the greatest problem being that I'm
a broke college student and I can't afford it. I keep trying to find a copy
of Word 2003 - somewhere, anywhere, please - but I can't. Not on the
Microsoft website, not on Amazon, Google has failed me, you can see where I'm
getting a little desperate.

My trial copy of Word 2007 expired recently, and I still have term papers to
write! Help!

If you can't afford to buy Word, an easy solution is to use OpenOffice. It
is free and can create files in Word format:

http://www.openoffice.org/

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
"ER" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4BAD202C-32D1-4693-AC37-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have several problems with Word 2007 - the greatest problem being that
>I'm
> a broke college student and I can't afford it. I keep trying to find a
> copy
> of Word 2003 - somewhere, anywhere, please - but I can't. Not on the
> Microsoft website, not on Amazon, Google has failed me, you can see where
> I'm
> getting a little desperate.
>
> My trial copy of Word 2007 expired recently, and I still have term papers
> to
> write! Help!

Yes, Open Office is the quickest and cheapest solution. Over the long term,
if you find that Open Office just doesn't do it for you (as I have found),
you can get an older copy of MS Word that comes in the MS Works Office Suite
(2004 I believe has Word 2003 on it). You can get it on Amazon for around
$40; if the real problem with Word 2007 was money, you can go to an
MS-sponsored site (if you are a college student taking a class now, with an
..edu email address), www.theultimatesteal.com, and get a copy of Office 2007
Ultimate for $60 (another $10 or so if you want the actual cds).

Just a couple more options.
--
Paul

Word 2000
Vista Home Basic
Dell Inspiron 1501


"ER" wrote:

> I have several problems with Word 2007 - the greatest problem being that I'm
> a broke college student and I can't afford it. I keep trying to find a copy
> of Word 2003 - somewhere, anywhere, please - but I can't. Not on the
> Microsoft website, not on Amazon, Google has failed me, you can see where I'm
> getting a little desperate.
>
> My trial copy of Word 2007 expired recently, and I still have term papers to
> write! Help!

I don't believe that any version of Works Suite has a version of Word later
than Word 2002, but this may be acceptable.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CFA354DB-1923-4319-8639-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes, Open Office is the quickest and cheapest solution. Over the long
> term,
> if you find that Open Office just doesn't do it for you (as I have found),
> you can get an older copy of MS Word that comes in the MS Works Office
> Suite
> (2004 I believe has Word 2003 on it). You can get it on Amazon for around
> $40; if the real problem with Word 2007 was money, you can go to an
> MS-sponsored site (if you are a college student taking a class now, with
> an
> .edu email address), www.theultimatesteal.com, and get a copy of Office
> 2007
> Ultimate for $60 (another $10 or so if you want the actual cds).
>
> Just a couple more options.
> --
> Paul
>
> Word 2000
> Vista Home Basic
> Dell Inspiron 1501
>
>
> "ER" wrote:
>
>> I have several problems with Word 2007 - the greatest problem being that
>> I'm
>> a broke college student and I can't afford it. I keep trying to find a
>> copy
>> of Word 2003 - somewhere, anywhere, please - but I can't. Not on the
>> Microsoft website, not on Amazon, Google has failed me, you can see where
>> I'm
>> getting a little desperate.
>>
>> My trial copy of Word 2007 expired recently, and I still have term papers
>> to
>> write! Help!

eBay? Though watch that what you buy is a genuine sealed retail copy .

--
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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ER wrote:
> I have several problems with Word 2007 - the greatest problem being
> that I'm a broke college student and I can't afford it. I keep trying
> to find a copy of Word 2003 - somewhere, anywhere, please - but I
> can't. Not on the Microsoft website, not on Amazon, Google has failed
> me, you can see where I'm getting a little desperate.
>
> My trial copy of Word 2007 expired recently, and I still have term
> papers to write! Help!

I just checked the 2006 Suite, which still has Word 2002. I had the 2003
Suite which had 2002, and I just assumed that each Suite used the previous
version of Word... well find out something new everyday
--
Paul

Word 2000
Vista Home Basic
Dell Inspiron 1501


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> I don't believe that any version of Works Suite has a version of Word later
> than Word 2002, but this may be acceptable.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:CFA354DB-1923-4319-8639-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Yes, Open Office is the quickest and cheapest solution. Over the long
> > term,
> > if you find that Open Office just doesn't do it for you (as I have found),
> > you can get an older copy of MS Word that comes in the MS Works Office
> > Suite
> > (2004 I believe has Word 2003 on it). You can get it on Amazon for around
> > $40; if the real problem with Word 2007 was money, you can go to an
> > MS-sponsored site (if you are a college student taking a class now, with
> > an
> > .edu email address), www.theultimatesteal.com, and get a copy of Office
> > 2007
> > Ultimate for $60 (another $10 or so if you want the actual cds).
> >
> > Just a couple more options.
> > --
> > Paul
> >
> > Word 2000
> > Vista Home Basic
> > Dell Inspiron 1501
> >
> >
> > "ER" wrote:
> >
> >> I have several problems with Word 2007 - the greatest problem being that
> >> I'm
> >> a broke college student and I can't afford it. I keep trying to find a
> >> copy
> >> of Word 2003 - somewhere, anywhere, please - but I can't. Not on the
> >> Microsoft website, not on Amazon, Google has failed me, you can see where
> >> I'm
> >> getting a little desperate.
> >>
> >> My trial copy of Word 2007 expired recently, and I still have term papers
> >> to
> >> write! Help!
>
>
>

Someone at MS told me, while Word 2003 was still current, that there was no
way they were going to let the Works team have Word 2003 because they'd made
such a hash of the implementation of Word 2002 (problems with the Microsoft
Works Suite Add-in for Word). Now that Word 2003 is no longer the latest
version, it's possible they'd relent, but obviously they haven't so far.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:F47CD1CB-A337-4583-98A7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I just checked the 2006 Suite, which still has Word 2002. I had the 2003
> Suite which had 2002, and I just assumed that each Suite used the previous
> version of Word... well find out something new everyday
> --
> Paul
>
> Word 2000
> Vista Home Basic
> Dell Inspiron 1501
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> I don't believe that any version of Works Suite has a version of Word
>> later
>> than Word 2002, but this may be acceptable.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:CFA354DB-1923-4319-8639-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Yes, Open Office is the quickest and cheapest solution. Over the long
>> > term,
>> > if you find that Open Office just doesn't do it for you (as I have
>> > found),
>> > you can get an older copy of MS Word that comes in the MS Works Office
>> > Suite
>> > (2004 I believe has Word 2003 on it). You can get it on Amazon for
>> > around
>> > $40; if the real problem with Word 2007 was money, you can go to an
>> > MS-sponsored site (if you are a college student taking a class now,
>> > with
>> > an
>> > .edu email address), www.theultimatesteal.com, and get a copy of Office
>> > 2007
>> > Ultimate for $60 (another $10 or so if you want the actual cds).
>> >
>> > Just a couple more options.
>> > --
>> > Paul
>> >
>> > Word 2000
>> > Vista Home Basic
>> > Dell Inspiron 1501
>> >
>> >
>> > "ER" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have several problems with Word 2007 - the greatest problem being
>> >> that
>> >> I'm
>> >> a broke college student and I can't afford it. I keep trying to find a
>> >> copy
>> >> of Word 2003 - somewhere, anywhere, please - but I can't. Not on the
>> >> Microsoft website, not on Amazon, Google has failed me, you can see
>> >> where
>> >> I'm
>> >> getting a little desperate.
>> >>
>> >> My trial copy of Word 2007 expired recently, and I still have term
>> >> papers
>> >> to
>> >> write! Help!
>>
>>
>>

Try craigslist.org. Word 2007 is maddening!

"ER" wrote:

> I have several problems with Word 2007 - the greatest problem being that I'm
> a broke college student and I can't afford it. I keep trying to find a copy
> of Word 2003 - somewhere, anywhere, please - but I can't. Not on the
> Microsoft website, not on Amazon, Google has failed me, you can see where I'm
> getting a little desperate.
>
> My trial copy of Word 2007 expired recently, and I still have term papers to
> write! Help!