writing letters via PC

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Hello all!!!
I'm trying to master how I can write letters through the use of my pc. I
don't mean email,letters that I send through the good old fashion way,the
post,and then I can print them. Would I need the XP Office Edition? Thanks!!!
 
Well I'd say because of your advanced knowledge I'd just go straight to
doing it in good old fashioned WORDPAD.
Go to START/ ACCESSORIES & you'll see it in that list.

Yes Office is another possibility I suppose.........
Office is much more customisable......... you can use ready designed
templates for your letters that you just fill in the main body or your
letter.
 
Unfortunately - for you - there's no book titled "Basic Word Processing
for Dummies".
 
Do you mean you just want a simple text editor? If so, you do not have to
purchase Microsoft Office because it would be a waste of money because you
will not be using its other applications, besides Microsoft Word. There are
alternatives out there that can do this task. One good example would be
OpenOffice. It is basically like Microsoft Office, meaning that it has
applications that mimics Microsoft Office. It has a text edition like Word,
presentation creator like PowerPoint etc. Give it a shot. Here is the
website to its homepage:
http://www.openoffice.org/
 
Word is the particular program you need and it's included in any Edition of
Microsoft Office, the XP edition is much nicer so if price is not a problem
go for that edition. If on the other hand price is a problem, yon can
install freeware office programs but I have yet to see one that competes
with Microsoft.

http://nedwolf.com/Freeware-Office.htm

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Paul said:
Hello all!!!
I'm trying to master how I can write letters through the use of my pc. I
don't mean email,letters that I send through the good old fashion way,the
post,and then I can print them. Would I need the XP Office Edition?
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Thanks!!!
 
BruceM said:
Well I'd say because of your advanced knowledge I'd just go straight to
doing it in good old fashioned WORDPAD.
Go to START/ ACCESSORIES & you'll see it in that list.

Yes Office is another possibility I suppose.........
Office is much more customisable......... you can use ready designed
templates for your letters that you just fill in the main body or your
letter.
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Thanks Bruce,will try wordpad as it is at no cost *grin*


Uncle Grumpy said:
Unfortunately - for you - there's no book titled "Basic Word Processing
for Dummies".
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Thanks Uncle Grumpy *lol* I probably wouldn't understand the book if there
was one *grin*
 
Having used about every word procsessing program out there while involved in
commercial "Desktop Publishing" I have found, for the average user,"Microsoft
Publisher" to have the shortest learning curve and handle even the most
difficult tasks with ease. I would reccomend this program to anyone doing
home publishing...
 
Paul said:
I'm trying to master how I can write letters through the use of my
pc. I don't mean email,letters that I send through the good old
fashion way,the post,and then I can print them.
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I recommend printing them *before* you send them through the post. ;-)

Would I need the XP
Office Edition? Thanks!!!
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You need a word processing program. There are many choices. Here are some:

1. Wordpad, which you already have, since it's part of Windows. It's
extremely primitive and is far from a full-featured word processor, but it's
worth a try. If your needs are light, it may be good enough for you.

2. My personal favorite: Corel WordPerfect. For sale at your favorite
computer store and many internet sites.

3. Microsoft Word, the most popular choice. It can be bought either by
itself, or as part of the Microsoft Office Suite. Note that you don't need
the XP version of Word or Office. Office XP is the previous version, and
Office 2003 is the current one. However you can use any version of Word from
Word 95 on.

4. OpenOffice is a freeware Office suite that does much (but not all) of
what Microsoft does.

5. StarOffice is low-priced product (around $20) which also does much, but
not all, of what Microsoft Office does.

There are other choices, but these are probably the most popular. Which
product you use is up to you. I told you my favorite, but be aware that I'm
in the minority on this.
 
Juan said:
Word is the particular program you need
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Word is *one* choice. It's certainly not what he necessarily needs. There
are lots of other choices.

and it's included in any
Edition of Microsoft Office,
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And it's also sold by itself (as well as with Microsoft Works *Suite*, which
is the cheapest way to get it).

the XP edition is much nicer
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Much nicer than what? Are you aware that Office XP is not even the current
version? Office 2003 is the current version, and there will be a new one out
soon, probably later this year.

so if price
is not a problem go for that edition. If on the other hand price is
a problem, yon can install freeware office programs but I have yet to
see one that competes with Microsoft.
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Free or for sale, which product you like best is a matter of personal taste.
You may think Word is best, but I think WordPerfect is much better. Neither
of us is *right*, except for ourselves.
 
chickenrustler said:
Having used about every word procsessing program out there while
involved in commercial "Desktop Publishing" I have found, for the
average user,"Microsoft Publisher" to have the shortest learning
curve and handle even the most difficult tasks with ease. I would
reccomend this program to anyone doing home publishing...
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Paul wants to write letters. He needs a word processing program to do that.
Microsoft Pubisher is a low-level desktop publishing product and not at all
well-suited for letter writing.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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You need a word processing program. There are many choices. Here
are some:
1. Wordpad, which you already have, since it's part of Windows. It's
extremely primitive and is far from a full-featured word processor,
but it's worth a try. If your needs are light, it may be good
enough for you.
2. My personal favorite: Corel WordPerfect. For sale at your
favorite computer store and many internet sites.

3. Microsoft Word, the most popular choice. It can be bought either
by itself, or as part of the Microsoft Office Suite. Note that you
don't need the XP version of Word or Office. Office XP is the
previous version, and Office 2003 is the current one. However you
can use any version of Word from Word 95 on.

4. OpenOffice is a freeware Office suite that does much (but not
all) of what Microsoft does.

5. StarOffice is low-priced product (around $20) which also does
much, but not all, of what Microsoft Office does.

There are other choices, but these are probably the most popular.
Which product you use is up to you. I told you my favorite, but be
aware that I'm in the minority on this.
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I'm in awe that it took this long for someone to suggest OpenOffice in
opposition to WordPad for a free alternative. *grin*
 
Ken Blake said:
I recommend printing them *before* you send them through the post. ;-)
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erm...oh i yeah..that's a good idea *scratch head* *lol*

Thanks all!!! Wordpad does the trick,letter done and ready to be
sent,awesome stuff.
 
Paul said:
:

erm...oh i yeah..that's a good idea *scratch head* *lol*

LOL!


Thanks all!!! Wordpad does the trick,letter done and ready to be
sent,awesome stuff.
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Great! You're welcome. As I said, Wordpad is a primitive program, but not
everybody needs what a full-featued word processor can do. Glad it meets
your needs, since it's free.
 
Ken Blake said:
Great! You're welcome. As I said, Wordpad is a primitive program, but not
everybody needs what a full-featued word processor can do. Glad it meets
your needs, since it's free.
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I think you are confusing WordPad with Notepad.
The WordPad toolbar has font type, font size, script, bold, italic,
underline, font color, left, center,and right justify, bullets.
 
I think you are confusing WordPad with Notepad.
The WordPad toolbar has font type, font size, script, bold, italic,
underline, font color, left, center,and right justify, bullets.
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Depends what you mean by "primitive".

Notepad has almost zero features.

WordPad has a few more features but I would still classify it as primitive.
 
I think you are confusing WordPad with Notepad.
The WordPad toolbar has font type, font size, script, bold, italic,
underline, font color, left, center,and right justify, bullets.
Click to expand...


No, not at all. Notepad is a text editor, not a word processing program.
Wordpad *is* a word processing program, but a primitive one as comnpared to
Word, WordPerfect, etc.
 
2. My personal favorite: Corel WordPerfect. For sale at your favorite
computer store and many internet sites.
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I too am an aficionado of WordPerfect from way back when it was the
WordPerfect Corp and DOS version. Currently using version 12. Works
wonderfully and you can't beat Reveal Codes.
 
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