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It is the basic Windows XP Microsoft Works Word
Processor.
No, you're mistaken. There's no such thing. Microsoft Works is a
separate product, having nothing to do with Windows XP. It can
run under XP or under most other operating systems.
Other than WordPad, which is more a glorified text editor than a
real word processor, there is *no* word processing software that
comes with Windows XP or with any other version of Windows. If
Works came with your computer, it's because your vendor bundled
it as part of the package he sold, not because it's part of
Windows.
I understand how to "save as" whether it is
rtf, wps and doc, but when I go to save as and change it
to any of those options, the formatting is completely
messed up.
It's true that if you do much formatting, changing the file
format can often change the formatting. But that's the way it is.
If you are using a product that's different from what your
correspondents use, you need to keep the formatting simple so it
won't be changed when you save it in a format that their software
can understand. Your only other real choice is to buy the same
software that they use.
I have been sending it to various recipients
and no one can open them. I never had this problem with
Windows '98 on my old computer
No, again the problem has nothing to do with Windows 98 or with
your old computer. It has to do only with the lack of
computability between the specific word processing software you
are using and that which your recipients are using. You
essentially have two choices: use text or rtf, or buy and use the
same product they do.
and don't understand why
the new computers contain new software that makes things
more difficult to send.
Again, this is *not* the case. *The* new computers don't contain
the software that's causing you a problem, the *particular*
computer you chose to buy contains it. And it's not really the
presence of Works that's causing a problem, it's the absence of
what your friends use.
Remember, when you buy a computer, it usually comes with an
operating system. If it also comes with any application software,
that's at the discretion of the vendor who sells it: some vendors
provide Microsoft Words, some vendors provide Microsoft Office,
some vendors provide Corel WordPerfect, some vendors provide
nothing. It's incumbent on the purchaser to be aware of what he's
getting and how well it meets his needs.
Perhaps I will have to go to the
added expense of getting the old program since that
worked without a problem. This is so frustrating!
You very likely will need to do that, but please don't blame
Microsoft or the vendor you bought the computer from. It's not
the fault of either if you didn't take the trouble to find out
exactly what came with your computer, and whether it was what you
needed.
