beginners basic

[Deborah]

I bought a dell 4550 with windows Xp pro, I had afew
programs with it when I bought it new at the factory,
microsoft works suite 2003, can anyone tell me does this
include excell, fox pro and the publisher stuff? all that
is on buttons on the task bar but they wont do anything.
I was wondering because right after we got our computer
it crashed and it seams that it dosent have all the
things that it had before, only we havent gotten to try
everything yet so we are unsure what was all on it from
the beguinning< what would you suggest we do to find out
the answer to our questions.? got any suggestions? thank
you so much for your time I realize it is a little hard
to have to answer what seams really stupid questions by
us beginners but we got to start somewhere... thanks for
your HELP!!

[dell]

contact vendor......oh dell....well that's it....


>-----Original Message-----
>I bought a dell 4550 with windows Xp pro, I had afew
>programs with it when I bought it new at the factory,
>microsoft works suite 2003, can anyone tell me does
this
>include excell, fox pro and the publisher stuff? all
that
>is on buttons on the task bar but they wont do anything.
>I was wondering because right after we got our computer
>it crashed and it seams that it dosent have all the
>things that it had before, only we havent gotten to try
>everything yet so we are unsure what was all on it from
>the beguinning< what would you suggest we do to find out
>the answer to our questions.? got any suggestions?
thank
>you so much for your time I realize it is a little hard
>to have to answer what seams really stupid questions by
>us beginners but we got to start somewhere... thanks for
>your HELP!!
>.
>

[Jim Macklin]

Did you get a "Dell service tag number" (it is on the
computer invoice and on a sticker on the computer). It is
your ticket into Dell service support.
Call Dell or go to their website. Support requires you to
log in with that number. One thing you'll get is a list of
the computer you bought, with the software that was
installed by Dell.

You can telephone them (you paid for the service) and talk
to a rep who will answer your question and talk you step by
step through setup,


"Deborah" > wrote in message
...
| I bought a dell 4550 with windows Xp pro, I had afew
| programs with it when I bought it new at the factory,
| microsoft works suite 2003, can anyone tell me does this
| include excell, fox pro and the publisher stuff? all that
| is on buttons on the task bar but they wont do anything.
| I was wondering because right after we got our computer
| it crashed and it seams that it dosent have all the
| things that it had before, only we havent gotten to try
| everything yet so we are unsure what was all on it from
| the beguinning< what would you suggest we do to find out
| the answer to our questions.? got any suggestions? thank
| you so much for your time I realize it is a little hard
| to have to answer what seams really stupid questions by
| us beginners but we got to start somewhere... thanks for
| your HELP!!

[Rich/rerat]

Deborah,
The Works Suite 2003, contain the following MS Programs:
1. Word 2002
2. Works 7.0
3. Picture It!=AE Photo 7.0
4. Encarta=AE Encyclopedia Standard 2003
5. Money 2003 Standard
6. Streets & Trips 2002

It does not contain MS Excel, MS Outlook, and several other MS Office =
programs, you will need to purchase them separately. I believe that =
Works 7.0 will allow you to work with Excel documents.=20

Look at the following link for more info:
http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/Homepages/SuiteProduct.asp

--=20
Rich/rerat

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"Deborah" > wrote in message
...
| I bought a dell 4550 with windows Xp pro, I had afew
| programs with it when I bought it new at the factory,
| microsoft works suite 2003, can anyone tell me does this
| include excell, fox pro and the publisher stuff? all that
| is on buttons on the task bar but they wont do anything.
| I was wondering because right after we got our computer
| it crashed and it seams that it dosent have all the
| things that it had before, only we havent gotten to try
| everything yet so we are unsure what was all on it from
| the beguinning< what would you suggest we do to find out
| the answer to our questions.? got any suggestions? thank
| you so much for your time I realize it is a little hard
| to have to answer what seams really stupid questions by
| us beginners but we got to start somewhere... thanks for
| your HELP!!

[Jim Macklin]

Excel is an advanced spreadsheet and the WORKS spreadsheet
is more limited. Excel can update "workbooks" while WORKS
works on single pages at a time.
Data can be imported and exported between them, but not all
Excel functions are supported in WORKS.


"Rich/rerat" > wrote in message
...
Deborah,
The Works Suite 2003, contain the following MS Programs:
1. Word 2002
2. Works 7.0
3. Picture It!® Photo 7.0
4. Encarta® Encyclopedia Standard 2003
5. Money 2003 Standard
6. Streets & Trips 2002

It does not contain MS Excel, MS Outlook, and several other
MS Office programs, you will need to purchase them
separately. I believe that Works 7.0 will allow you to work
with Excel documents.

Look at the following link for more info:
http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/Homepages/SuiteProduct.asp

--
Rich/rerat

Add MS News Server to your OE with
news://msnews.microsoft.com/
(RRR News) <message rule>


"Deborah" > wrote in message
...
| I bought a dell 4550 with windows Xp pro, I had afew
| programs with it when I bought it new at the factory,
| microsoft works suite 2003, can anyone tell me does this
| include excell, fox pro and the publisher stuff? all that
| is on buttons on the task bar but they wont do anything.
| I was wondering because right after we got our computer
| it crashed and it seams that it dosent have all the
| things that it had before, only we havent gotten to try
| everything yet so we are unsure what was all on it from
| the beguinning< what would you suggest we do to find out
| the answer to our questions.? got any suggestions? thank
| you so much for your time I realize it is a little hard
| to have to answer what seams really stupid questions by
| us beginners but we got to start somewhere... thanks for
| your HELP!!