Word instead of Works

[thomp]

When I brought you computer (programs pre-installed) I
thought that I was getting Mircosoft Word as my
processor, but I got Mircosoft Works instead. My friend
gave me her unused Windows 95 software that should
contain Mircosoft Word as the processor. What I want to
know is can that software be used to install Microsoft
Word onto my computer?

My old documents that I saved to disk are in Word and I
cannot access them from Works.

[Harry Ohrn]

Yes you can generally run older versions of MS Word on XP. An alternative to
purchasing MS Word or an MS Office suite is to install the free OpenOffice
Suite http://www.openoffice.org/product/ . This is a large download of 50MB
and is an exceptional set of applications. No spyware or nags at all. It can
open and save Microsoft Word documents

--

Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"thomp" > wrote in message
...
> When I brought you computer (programs pre-installed) I
> thought that I was getting Mircosoft Word as my
> processor, but I got Mircosoft Works instead. My friend
> gave me her unused Windows 95 software that should
> contain Mircosoft Word as the processor. What I want to
> know is can that software be used to install Microsoft
> Word onto my computer?
>
> My old documents that I saved to disk are in Word and I
> cannot access them from Works.

[Thomp]

Thank you so much Harry.
>-----Original Message-----
>Yes you can generally run older versions of MS Word on
XP. An alternative to
>purchasing MS Word or an MS Office suite is to install
the free OpenOffice
>Suite http://www.openoffice.org/product/ . This is a
large download of 50MB
>and is an exceptional set of applications. No spyware or
nags at all. It can
>open and save Microsoft Word documents
>
>--
>
>Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]
>www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
>"thomp" > wrote in message
...
>> When I brought you computer (programs pre-installed) I
>> thought that I was getting Mircosoft Word as my
>> processor, but I got Mircosoft Works instead. My
friend
>> gave me her unused Windows 95 software that should
>> contain Mircosoft Word as the processor. What I want
to
>> know is can that software be used to install Microsoft
>> Word onto my computer?
>>
>> My old documents that I saved to disk are in Word and I
>> cannot access them from Works.
>
>
>.
>

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP-Windows Shell/User\)]

If Works came on your new computer and this is Works Suite, by the way, the
computer doesn't come from Microsoft, it should include Word. Assuming you
purchased a new computer.Word is one of the Works components.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend

"thomp" > wrote in message
...
> When I brought you computer (programs pre-installed) I
> thought that I was getting Mircosoft Word as my
> processor, but I got Mircosoft Works instead. My friend
> gave me her unused Windows 95 software that should
> contain Mircosoft Word as the processor. What I want to
> know is can that software be used to install Microsoft
> Word onto my computer?
>
> My old documents that I saved to disk are in Word and I
> cannot access them from Works.

[Ken Blake]

"thomp" > wrote in message
...

> When I brought you computer (programs pre-installed) I
> thought that I was getting Mircosoft Word as my
> processor, but I got Mircosoft Works instead.
> My friend
> gave me her unused Windows 95 software that should
> contain Mircosoft Word as the processor. What I want to
> know is can that software be used to install Microsoft
> Word onto my computer?


Yes. You can install Microsoft Word 95, 97, 2000, or XP under
Windows XP.

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup

[Donald Link]

I thought that Microsoft Word did have the full version on Word as the only
full application from the Office Suite.




"thomp" > wrote in message
...
> When I brought you computer (programs pre-installed) I
> thought that I was getting Mircosoft Word as my
> processor, but I got Mircosoft Works instead. My friend
> gave me her unused Windows 95 software that should
> contain Mircosoft Word as the processor. What I want to
> know is can that software be used to install Microsoft
> Word onto my computer?
>
> My old documents that I saved to disk are in Word and I
> cannot access them from Works.