MS Works has a word prosessor

[Dispatcher]

On my XP Home, it has MS Works. I use it for creating all sorts of
documents. Is MS Works not a normal part of XP?

Bill


"Ally" > wrote in message
4...
> "Mary" > wrote:
>
> > Or do I need to buy more software.
>
> "More", yes, but not neccessarily "buy". I can't tell you whether
> that's the right solution for you or your job. But before you rush
> out and pay hundreds of $$$ for MS Office or something like that,
> give OpenOffice.org a try. It's a fairly huge download
> (http://openoffice.org), but it's completely free. It does word
> processing, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics, and handles
> Microsoft's .DOC format -- I just don't know how well. Anyway, it
> won't hurt to try.
>
> ~Ally
> --
> Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist.

[Rob Schneider]

Dispatcher wrote:

> On my XP Home, it has MS Works. I use it for creating all sorts of
> documents. Is MS Works not a normal part of XP?
>
> Bill
>
*snip*

I'm pretty sure Microsoft Works is part of OEM software packages offered
as part of the hardware they sell you. It's so ubiquitously offered,
e.g. Dell, Toshiba,, etc. that it's easy to conclude it's part of XP,
but I don't think it is.

[Jim Macklin]

Nope, WORKS is an application. It is a home user version
with similar functions as found in MS OFFICE, but not the
same.


"Dispatcher" > wrote in message
...
| On my XP Home, it has MS Works. I use it for creating all
sorts of
| documents. Is MS Works not a normal part of XP?
|
| Bill
|
|
| "Ally" > wrote in message
| 4...
| > "Mary" > wrote:
| >
| > > Or do I need to buy more software.
| >
| > "More", yes, but not neccessarily "buy". I can't tell
you whether
| > that's the right solution for you or your job. But
before you rush
| > out and pay hundreds of $$$ for MS Office or something
like that,
| > give OpenOffice.org a try. It's a fairly huge download
| > (http://openoffice.org), but it's completely free. It
does word
| > processing, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics,
and handles
| > Microsoft's .DOC format -- I just don't know how well.
Anyway, it
| > won't hurt to try.
| >
| > ~Ally
| > --
| > Never send a monster to do the work of an evil
scientist.
|
|

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

No, Microsoft Works is a completely separate application. Some PC
manufacturers and vendors do provide it pre-installed on new PCs, and
include its cost in the purchase price of the PC.

Bruce Chambers

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"Dispatcher" > wrote in message
...
> On my XP Home, it has MS Works. I use it for creating all sorts of
> documents. Is MS Works not a normal part of XP?
>
> Bill
>
>

[D.Currie]

No, it was added on by the company who built your computer. It used to be
very common for manufacturers to include an office suite of some sort with
their computers, but now that so many are competing on price many systems
come with very few extras since that's an easy way to trim costs.

"Dispatcher" > wrote in message
...
> On my XP Home, it has MS Works. I use it for creating all sorts of
> documents. Is MS Works not a normal part of XP?
>
> Bill
>
>
> "Ally" > wrote in message
> 4...
> > "Mary" > wrote:
> >
> > > Or do I need to buy more software.
> >
> > "More", yes, but not neccessarily "buy". I can't tell you whether
> > that's the right solution for you or your job. But before you rush
> > out and pay hundreds of $$$ for MS Office or something like that,
> > give OpenOffice.org a try. It's a fairly huge download
> > (http://openoffice.org), but it's completely free. It does word
> > processing, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics, and handles
> > Microsoft's .DOC format -- I just don't know how well. Anyway, it
> > won't hurt to try.
> >
> > ~Ally
> > --
> > Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist.
>
>

[Ken Blake]

"Dispatcher" > wrote in message
...

> On my XP Home, it has MS Works. I use it for creating all sorts
of
> documents. Is MS Works not a normal part of XP?


No, it's not. Works has never come with any version of Windows.
The reason you have Works is just that your vendor chose to
bundle it with the package he sold you.

--
Ken Blake
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> "Ally" > wrote in message
> 4...
> > "Mary" > wrote:
> >
> > > Or do I need to buy more software.
> >
> > "More", yes, but not neccessarily "buy". I can't tell you
whether
> > that's the right solution for you or your job. But before you
rush
> > out and pay hundreds of $$$ for MS Office or something like
that,
> > give OpenOffice.org a try. It's a fairly huge download
> > (http://openoffice.org), but it's completely free. It does
word
> > processing, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics, and
handles
> > Microsoft's .DOC format -- I just don't know how well.
Anyway, it
> > won't hurt to try.
> >
> > ~Ally
> > --
> > Never send a monster to do the work of an evil scientist.
>
>