How to get Microsoft Word

[Guest]

I have bought a new laptop and microsoft word is not installed on it , is
there any way of installing it without having to pay for it as the laptop
cost me a fortune, its for my kids, for homework purposes, notepad is on my
laptop but the kids need Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint if i can get
them
Thanks and best regards to you all--
kenny

 

[Alias~-]

I have bought a new laptop and microsoft word is not installed on it , is
there any way of installing it without having to pay for it as the laptop
cost me a fortune, its for my kids, for homework purposes, notepad is on my
laptop but the kids need Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint if i can get
them
Thanks and best regards to you all--
kenny

Sorry but Microsoft Office doesn't come with XP. You have to buy it and
it ain't cheap. A free alternative is Open Office which you can download
from http://www.openoffice.org/

Alias

 

[Malke]

I have bought a new laptop and microsoft word is not installed on it ,
is there any way of installing it without having to pay for it as the
laptop cost me a fortune, its for my kids, for homework purposes,
notepad is on my laptop but the kids need Microsoft Word, Excel and
Powerpoint if i can get them
Thanks and best regards to you all--
kenny

You will need to buy MS Word. You can buy it separately or as part of
the MS Office suite. Since it is for your kids, you can buy the
Students & Teachers Edition which is far less expensive than the
regular version. Since you need Excel and Powerpoint also, buy the
entire MS Office suite Standard Edition.

I don't know where you live, but here (California, USA) CompUSA will
sell you the Students & Teachers Edition which runs about $150. Or
check with your childrens' school.

The alternative is to install OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org) which is
free and can read/write MS Office formats.

Malke

 

[Gordon]

I have bought a new laptop and microsoft word is not installed on it , is
there any way of installing it without having to pay for it as the laptop
cost me a fortune, its for my kids, for homework purposes, notepad is on
my
laptop but the kids need Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint if i can get
them
Thanks and best regards to you all--
kenny

In addition to what Alias said, Open Office will open and save documents in
MS Office format, just to re-assure you.

 

[Leythos]

In addition to what Alias said, Open Office will open and save documents in
MS Office format, just to re-assure you.

But it will also modify many things, depending on what was created, and
it will not look the same when opened in MS Word.

 

[Gordon]

But it will also modify many things, depending on what was created, and
it will not look the same when opened in MS Word.

Only if you use very complicated and (usually) unnecessary formatting.....
KISS!

 

[Richard Urban]

If this is to be used for school work it is best to use the same standard as
the school is using.

The last thing a student needs is formatting problems with a term paper.
Also, his school is likely to be giving instruction on the programs that
they (the school) has standardized on.

Why cause unnecessary complications.

--

Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Gordon]

If this is to be used for school work it is best to use the same standard
as the school is using.

The last thing a student needs is formatting problems with a term paper.
Also, his school is likely to be giving instruction on the programs that
they (the school) has standardized on.

Why cause unnecessary complications.

Then in that case the school should provide discounted copies! In actual
fact I know of cases where documents have been submitted from open office to
a body that specifies MS Office, and no-body has spotted the difference.

 

[Richard Urban]

Then in that case the school should provide discounted copies! >

Right. The O/P apparently didn't check with the school. He may find out that
he "can" get a discounted copy of Office.

I can pick one up right now at Walmart, paying the same price as in the
local college book store.

 

[Larry Mauriello]

As will the Corel Office suite. My pref. is Wordperfect over Word.
It's just since it says MS most companies & schools go that route.

 

[Guest]

i use abiword and have had no problems with documents going back and forth to
ms word. its free also.

 

[Leythos]

Only if you use very complicated and (usually) unnecessary formatting.....
KISS!

That's not true - it works only for documents that work well as RTF, it
does not handle a lot of the standard formatting that makes Word worth
using.

You really need to tell people the downside before you tell them it
replaces Word, because many people work with businesses and it really
screws with Word formatting. I've had few documents import properly in
several years of working with nix and OS applications to import Office
documents.

 

[Gordon]

That's not true - it works only for documents that work well as RTF, it
does not handle a lot of the standard formatting that makes Word worth
using.

You really need to tell people the downside before you tell them it
replaces Word, because many people work with businesses and it really
screws with Word formatting. I've had few documents import properly in
several years of working with nix and OS applications to import Office
documents.

I think you'll find the current version of OO (2.03 I think) is a VAST
improvement on anything that's gone before.......

 

[Robert Moir]

I think you'll find the current version of OO (2.03 I think) is a VAST
improvement on anything that's gone before.......

That's like winning the 'less weird than Michael Jackson' award though,
isn't it?

 

[Gordon]

That's like winning the 'less weird than Michael Jackson' award though,
isn't it?

Not at all - there are quite a few corporate enterprises making the
switch.......

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have bought a new laptop and microsoft word is not installed on it

Neither Windows XP nor any other version of Windows has ever come with Word
nor with any other significant application software.

If you want Word, you need to buy it, either alone, as part of Microsoft
Office, or, most inexpensively, as part of Microsoft Works Suite.

, is there any way of installing it without having to pay for it as

There's no legal way to acquire *anything* for sale without paying for it.

the laptop cost me a fortune, its for my kids, for homework purposes,
notepad is on my laptop but the kids need Microsoft Word, Excel and
Powerpoint if i can get them

Then you will need to buy Microsoft Office, which unfortunately is
expensive. As alternatives, you might want to see if they can make do with
the free OpenOffice or the less espensive WordPerfect Office or StarOffice.

 

[Robert Moir]

Not at all - there are quite a few corporate enterprises making the
switch.......

and quite a few more that aren't.

 

[Leythos]

I think you'll find the current version of OO (2.03 I think) is a VAST
improvement on anything that's gone before.......

And that's still like stating that "It mostly works, most of the time".

 

[Leythos]

Not at all - there are quite a few corporate enterprises making the
switch.......

And many can/will, but those that utilize the power/features of Word
will have a large cost in converting their documents.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

That's like winning the 'less weird than Michael Jackson' award though,
isn't it?

Too bad it still doesn't feature 100% compatibility with Word and PowerPoint
formatting.

Bobby