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A computer question (Bill Gates not returning my calls)
With the average age of SVX owners becoming significantly younger, I thought I'd throw myself on the mercy of you young'ins who are certainly more plugged-into bits & bytes than I.
I recently upgraded my 6 year old Dell to a new HP Desktop with Windows 7. It has a terabyte of memory which is more than have stored in my 70 year old head. It seems "new & improved" means "you now get to spend extra bucks to get MS Word". I had a semi-guru download all my word files to a memory stick about a year ago. The first thing I wondered was will my files from a 2006 Word version be downloadable to the newest version that I haven't purchased yet. However...NOW, (lucky me, maybe), I found my 2006 MS Works Suite CDs in a shoebox. Of course the CDs say "Do not lend, make copies of.....for distribution with a new computer only...blah, blah. The Dell used Windows XP. Is there any sane reason why I can't just load these CDs in the new 'puter without blowing something up? Your professional advise welcome. Ron.
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Re: A computer question (Bill Gates not returning my calls)
disclaimer: I don't have windows 7 so YMMV
Advice: Try openoffice. It's free and it's should work with any type of document. http://www.openoffice.org/
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Re: A computer question (Bill Gates not returning my calls)
I left the PC world for Mac during the Vista days so someone else will have to directly answer your question.
But you could download "OpenOffice" from openoffice.org, it will read the MS Word documents and is free to download and use. I have been using it for years, great program, and available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. oops Immortal answered while I was typing ... lol ...
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Re: A computer question (Bill Gates not returning my calls)
Open office has come a long way. If you don't need Word for work/school/etc, then I'd go with that since it's free.
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Re: A computer question (Bill Gates not returning my calls)
+1 for OpenOffice.
If MSworks is the same as it was 10 years ago. Your MSWord documents will be easier to work with in OpenOffice than in Works.
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Re: A computer question (Bill Gates not returning my calls)
+1 for OpenOffice.
If MSworks is the same as it was 10 years ago. Your MSWord documents will be easier to work with in OpenOffice than in Works. Wow, thanks for the instant responses, guys. So you're all saying I can download my memory stick, & OpenOffice will come to the rescue? Just double checking. Ron.
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Re: A computer question (Bill Gates not returning my calls)
Yes.
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Re: A computer question (Bill Gates not returning my calls)
You also buy a student edition of Microsoft Office. The cost can be very reasonable, but truth be told Office 2007/2010 is pretty annoying. Office 2003 was a lot better.
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