I ruined my Word CD...

[Adela]

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;
385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;
WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented to
send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't have
any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have
WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I
have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;
385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;
WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented
to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't
have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have
WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I
have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

I assume your question is "Where to get a CD from?". A much better place to
ask this question would be an MS Word newsgroup, and instead of posting lots
of not very relevant details about your PC, you should post the version of
Word you're using.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 9/12/2008 2:33 PM, and on a whim, Adela pounded
out on the keyboard:

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;
385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;
WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented to
send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't have
any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have
WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I
have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

Hi Adela,

That's great, MS said they'd send you another one for free but OOPS! we
don't have any.

Depending on the complexity of your documents, you could install Open
Office which provides pretty good compatibility with Word. And it's free.
www.openoffice.org\


WP is a great word processor, but since you have version 8 (they are up
to 14 now), Word compatibility is minimal at best. I still use WP11.

--
Terry R.

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[JS]

Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word files.

JS

 

[Adela]

Oh thank you Pegasus, do you happen to have the link to the MS Word
newsgroup? And thansk for reminding me to indicate the version (which I'll
have to get it from Belarc as I don't remember it). Adela

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;
385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;
WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented
to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't
have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have
WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I
have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

I assume your question is "Where to get a CD from?". A much better place
to ask this question would be an MS Word newsgroup, and instead of posting
lots of not very relevant details about your PC, you should post the
version of Word you're using.

 

[Adela]

Thank you Terry, maybe I will use the Open Office and import My Word stuff
in order to save it. Other than this, I won't be bothering with Word.

As to MS willing to send me the CD I do believe them because they did send
me the WinXP Home Version when something happened (too long a story for
here - someone cheated me and they were able to catch him after I reported
him). ) Thanks again!

The date and time was 9/12/2008 2:33 PM, and on a whim, Adela pounded out

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;
385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;
WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented
to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't
have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have
WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I
have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

Hi Adela,

That's great, MS said they'd send you another one for free but OOPS! we
don't have any.

Depending on the complexity of your documents, you could install Open
Office which provides pretty good compatibility with Word. And it's free.
www.openoffice.org\


WP is a great word processor, but since you have version 8 (they are up to
14 now), Word compatibility is minimal at best. I still use WP11.

--
Terry R.

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Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

 

[Adela]

Thank you JS, great idea1 I'll use Open Office in order to import and save
my Word stuff. ) Adela

Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word files.

JS

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;
385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;
WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented
to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't
have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have
WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I
have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

 

[Doug W.]

My Word Perfect 12 reads Word files. Try loading some of your
Word files with Word Perfect and see what happens. Otherwise
Open Office is a good alternative.

Doug W.
-

Thank you JS, great idea1 I'll use Open Office in order to
import and save my Word stuff. ) Adela

Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word
files.

JS

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz
Pentium III;
385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware;
cable modem;
WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows
Media Player].

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft
had consented to send me another one for free...except they
discontinued it and didn't have any left to send me. I
don't mind being without Word since I have WordPerfect8 as
word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I
have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much!
Adela

 

[Adela]

Thank you Doug, I wish my WP8 did that, but it just refuses even my pasting
on it something that I copied in Word when I had it. But I'll try the Open
Office. ) Adela

My Word Perfect 12 reads Word files. Try loading some of your Word files
with Word Perfect and see what happens. Otherwise Open Office is a good
alternative.

Doug W.
-

Thank you JS, great idea1 I'll use Open Office in order to import and
save my Word stuff. ) Adela

Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word files.

JS

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium
III;
385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;
WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media
Player].

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had
consented to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it
and didn't have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word
since I have WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry
about losing what I have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so
much! Adela

 

[JS]

You're welcome.

JS
http://www.pagestart.com

Thank you JS, great idea1 I'll use Open Office in order to import and
save my Word stuff. ) Adela

Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word files.

JS

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;
385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;
WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had
consented to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it
and didn't have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word
since I have WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about
losing what I have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much!
Adela

 

[MAP]

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium
III; 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable
modem; WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows
Media Player].
I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had
consented to send me another one for free...except they discontinued
it and didn't have any left to send me. I don't mind being without
Word since I have WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously
worry about losing what I have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks
ever so much! Adela

Just to add to what others have already said...it is perfectly legal to make
a copy of important cd's such as word.This way you will always have a
backup.

 

[Adela]

thanks very much Doug, but my Word Perfect is only 8 and it didn't accept
anything from Word... I'll try Open Office. Thanks again. Adela

My Word Perfect 12 reads Word files. Try loading some of your Word files
with Word Perfect and see what happens. Otherwise Open Office is a good
alternative.

Doug W.
-

Thank you JS, great idea1 I'll use Open Office in order to import and
save my Word stuff. ) Adela

Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word files.

JS

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium
III;
385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;
WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media
Player].

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had
consented to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it
and didn't have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word
since I have WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry
about losing what I have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so
much! Adela