Please help me

[Guest]

im not very good with computors but i have windows vista home premium but i
do not have microsoft word, powerpoint etc or if i do i cant find it can
anyone help me?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows Vista is an operating system and does not include
Microsoft Office programs. Please visit a nearby store that
sells computer software and purchase a version of Microsoft
Office.

 

[Dave]

The Microsoft Office products, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. do not
come with the Operating System (Vista, XP, 98, 95). Neither do the Works
suite. They must be purchased separately.

If you had them installed on an old computer that you are no longer using,
you can probably install them on Vista (if they are 2002 or newer).

 

[dennis@home]

im not very good with computors but i have windows vista home premium but
i
do not have microsoft word, powerpoint etc or if i do i cant find it can
anyone help me?

Click the globe thingy (start) on the bottom left and look through the
programs that pops up.
If you can't find Microsoft office or word you probably don't have it.
If you need it you will have to buy it.
If its just a word processor you want download it from www.openoffice.org

 

[Charlie Tame]

Windows Vista is an operating system and does not include
Microsoft Office programs. Please visit a nearby store that
sells computer software and purchase a version of Microsoft
Office.

Can't resist this one...

Ubuntu is an operating system and DOES include a word processor,
spreadsheet, database, presentation program, sound programs, media
players, graphics, calculators, browsers, mail programs and guess what,
it is ALL free. BUT you are not tied to any one of these programs, if
you have a preference you can mix and match any combination you like.

If you only want to VIEW documents and view powerpoint presentation MS
do a free program you can download for both functions.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

im not very good with computors but i have windows vista home premium but i
do not have microsoft word, powerpoint etc or if i do i cant find it can
anyone help me?

Neither Windows XP, Windows Vista, nor any other version of Windows,
has ever included Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, or any other
significant application software. Such programs have to be bought,
either by themselves or as part of Microsoft Office.

If your previous computer, running an older version of Windows, came
with one or more of these, it was because the vendor who sold it
bundled them as part of the package he sold you, not because that
version of Windows came with them. Some, but not all, vendors do the
same with Windows Vista. Your vendor apparently did not.

 

[ray]

im not very good with computors but i have windows vista home premium but i
do not have microsoft word, powerpoint etc or if i do i cant find it can
anyone help me?

You basically have a couple of options. Buy MS Office or dowload the free
OpenOffice.org which is an MS office work alike. It would only take a few
minutes and zero cash to find out if OpenOffice will work for you - most
likely it will.

 

[ray]

Click the globe thingy (start) on the bottom left and look through the
programs that pops up.
If you can't find Microsoft office or word you probably don't have it.
If you need it you will have to buy it.
If its just a word processor you want download it from www.openoffice.org

FYI - OpenOffice.org contains much more than simply a word processor. It
also includes a spreadsheet, presentation graphics, and database. And all
of those programs will import and export the ms office equivalent files.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

im not very good with computors but i have windows vista home premium but i
do not have microsoft word, powerpoint etc or if i do i cant find it can
anyone help me?

Neither the Microsoft Office application suite, nor any of its
individual component applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,
Outlook, etc.), have _ever_ been "part" of *any* Windows operating
system. They are, and always have been, separate applications, that
must be purchased and installed separately.

1) Go to store/shop that sells computer software.

2) Purchase either a Microsoft Office suite.

3) Return home.

4) Insert installation CD in PC's CD drive and follow the on-screen
prompts and instructions to install application and desired additional
features.

For the budget-minded (who also don't need all of Office's specific
features), there's the free, open source OpenOffice:

http://www.openoffice.org/


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Bruce Chambers

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[Lang Murphy]

Can't resist this one...

Ubuntu is an operating system and DOES include a word processor,
spreadsheet, database, presentation program, sound programs, media
players, graphics, calculators, browsers, mail programs and guess what, it
is ALL free. BUT you are not tied to any one of these programs, if you
have a preference you can mix and match any combination you like.

If you only want to VIEW documents and view powerpoint presentation MS do
a free program you can download for both functions.

I must admit I'm surprised that you did not offer the -one- suggestion that
might have actually assisted this poster...

That they could download OpenOffice and get some level of Office
compatibility.

Lang

 

[Charlie Tame]

I must admit I'm surprised that you did not offer the -one- suggestion
that might have actually assisted this poster...

That they could download OpenOffice and get some level of Office
compatibility.

Lang

That had already been suggested, however I am surprised that the
"Intelligentsia" failed to suggest the MS alternative which would be a
pretty sure way of assisting a user that needed to simply view something
without purchasing or installing a large suite of software.

 

[Lang Murphy]

That had already been suggested, however I am surprised that the
"Intelligentsia" failed to suggest the MS alternative which would be a
pretty sure way of assisting a user that needed to simply view something
without purchasing or installing a large suite of software.

It wasn't suggested in THIS thread. And while I would never categorize
myself, nor would many others that hang out in this ng, as "Intelligentsia,"
I did bring up the option of OO. As I have previously suggested Ubuntu as an
alternative, although I admit I don't belong to the Ubuntu Fanatics group
that hangs here.

Lang