question about xp

[Guest]

I have a question I have Windows XP home edition- does Excel come with this
or do you have to buy it separately- sorry this maybe dumb, but I am not a
computer literate person.
Thanks.

 

[Roberto]

I have a question I have Windows XP home edition- does Excel come with this
or do you have to buy it separately- sorry this maybe dumb, but I am not a
computer literate person.
Thanks.

Not a dumb Q just a common missunderstanding, you will have to purchae
a copy of MS Office of MS Works Suite to get excel.
There are several versions as well as licensing, do your homework and
save big $$ [if it is for home use consider getting the
studen/teachers version]

rgds
Roberto

 

[T. Waters]

I have a question I have Windows XP home edition- does Excel come
with this or do you have to buy it separately- sorry this maybe dumb,
but I am not a computer literate person.
Thanks.

That is a common perception, but very little comes with XP. You do get
Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, though. You would have to buy Excel
to be able to make Excel spreadsheets, though if you only want to read
spreadsheets, you do not need Excel, only the free Excel Reader.

An alternative to Excel that is FREE is Open Office, which you can download.
It has Word Processing, too, and is a good program, used by many.

 

[Brian A.]

It is not included with either XP Home or Pro. Excel is part of MS Office and can be purchased separately if you do not need the entire Office Suite.

See for info:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

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[All Things Mopar]

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subject at hand

I have a question I have Windows XP home edition- does
Excel come with this or do you have to buy it separately-
sorry this maybe dumb, but I am not a computer literate
person. Thanks.

No version of Windoze has ever come with any module of M%
Office. The cheapest way to get Excel, other than a free open
source clone, is to my MS Office XP for Students and Teachers,
for $150 and up to 3 PC installs. The only thing you'll miss is
Access which most folks have little use for.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a question I have Windows XP home edition- does Excel come with this
or do you have to buy it separately- sorry this maybe dumb, but I am not a
computer literate person.
Thanks.

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.

Microsoft Office comes pre-installed on new computers only when the
computer manufacturer chooses to offer it, and the purchaser is willing
to pay extra for it. If you need Excel, you'll have to purchase and
install it (or an Office Suite).


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[Jonny]

Cheapest way is to find a copy of word 7.0 on ebay, and an upgrade version
of office 2K. XP or any prior versions don't read MS Excel file format. Or
write in such format for that matter.