Works Suite 2004

[Guest]

We recently purchased a new Dell Dimension 3000 XP. It came with Works Suite
2004 which did not include Excel or Power Point. This Works Suite program
does have a spreadsheet, however, it is not Excel. I want to know what
software to buy or upgrade to so that I can receive at least Excel and Power
Point.

Thanks,
Diane

 

[Mary Sauer]

Office Marketplace
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/default.aspx

 

[Andrew Murray]

You need MS Office for MS Word, MS Excel, Powerpoint & OUtlook. Costly, but MS
Works is like a "lite" version of MS Office.

You can buy the Office Upgrade version as MS Works is a qualifying product.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

We recently purchased a new Dell Dimension 3000 XP. It came with
Works Suite 2004 which did not include Excel or Power Point. This
Works Suite program does have a spreadsheet, however, it is not
Excel. I want to know what software to buy or upgrade to so that I
can receive at least Excel and Power Point.

Thanks,
Diane

Hi - Microsoft Office is what you want - Works doesn't have Office apps in
it. You can buy various 'flavors' of Office - perhaps Office 2003 Small
Business or Standard will give you what you want. You probably would've
gotten this for less $ if you'd bundled it with your Dell....

Or if all you want is to view Excel/PP files, you can download free viewers
for each at MS' downloads page.

 

[S.Sengupta]

http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/office/howtobuy/default.mspx

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

 

[Ken Blake]

In

We recently purchased a new Dell Dimension 3000 XP. It came
with
Works Suite 2004 which did not include Excel or Power Point.

That's correct. No version of Works has ever included either of
these.

This
Works Suite program does have a spreadsheet, however, it is not
Excel. I want to know what software to buy or upgrade to so
that I
can receive at least Excel and Power Point.

You can buy Excel and you can buy PowerPoint. Each is sold
separately. Alternatively you can buy Microsoft Office, which
includes Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and perhaps other
products, depending on which edition you select. Go to
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx to
see the difference between the Office 2003 editions.

 

[Guest]

We believe we have answered our own question. We went to Staples last night
and the salesperson recommended we purchase the Microsoft Office Student and
Teacher Edition 2003 (model # 503-00288 or 503-00298 on line). It costs only
$139 and he claims it has the full versions of Excel 2003 and Power Point
2003.

Thanks to everyone that replied.
Have a Great Holiday!
Diane

 

[Ron Martell]

Hi - Microsoft Office is what you want - Works doesn't have Office apps in
it. You can buy various 'flavors' of Office - perhaps Office 2003 Small
Business or Standard will give you what you want. You probably would've
gotten this for less $ if you'd bundled it with your Dell....

Works Suite does include Microsoft Word as the word processor
component, but does not have any other Office components.

Works has the basic Microsoft Works word processor component.

Or if all you want is to view Excel/PP files, you can download free viewers
for each at MS' downloads page.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
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