XP HAVE MICROSOFT WORD?

[JANETTE]

hi sorry forgot to put email on last post
new user with xp cannot open microsoft word document I
sent I have windows 2000
Is she going to have to buy microsoft office to open word
documents?

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows XP is an "Operating System". It does not include Microsoft Word.

How to Buy Microsoft Word 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/office/word/howtobuy/default.mspx

or

Microsoft Works Suite 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/products/suite.asp


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"JANETTE" > wrote in message:
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| hi sorry forgot to put email on last post
| new user with xp cannot open microsoft word document I
| sent I have windows 2000
| Is she going to have to buy microsoft office to open word
| documents?

[archie]

I'm afraid so.....


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[Rich/rerat]

Janette,
Your friend can download a Word Viewer from MS at the following site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3D9BBB9E60-E4F3-=
436D-A5A7-DA0E5431E5C1&displaylang=3DEN

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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" > wrote in message =
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Windows XP is an "Operating System". It does not include Microsoft =
Word.

How to Buy Microsoft Word 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/office/word/howtobuy/default.mspx

or

Microsoft Works Suite 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/products/suite.asp


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| hi sorry forgot to put email on last post=20
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| sent I have windows 2000
| Is she going to have to buy microsoft office to open word=20
| documents?

[Mistoffolees]

JANETTE wrote:

> hi sorry forgot to put email on last post
> new user with xp cannot open microsoft word document I
> sent I have windows 2000
> Is she going to have to buy microsoft office to open word
> documents?


Wordpad.exe may be able to open some versions of Microsoft
Word. But a more universal format to send MS Word documents
is to use *.rtf (rich text format).

[Gordon]

"archie" > wrote in message
...
> I'm afraid so.....
>
>

Not at all Open Office will read and edit Word documents and it's FREE.

Also update your AV prog pretty rapidly.....

[HillBillyBuddhist]

"JANETTE" > wrote in message
...
> hi sorry forgot to put email on last post
> new user with xp cannot open microsoft word document I
> sent I have windows 2000
> Is she going to have to buy microsoft office to open word
> documents?

Open Office is a free Office suite. Handles Word documents.

Big download.

http://www.openoffice.org/

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