no office?

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Fleur a Fleur

I just bought a portable computer that came with XP home
edition. I was told it had windows office (powerpoint,
word etc) which I absolutely need for College work. Only,
it doesn't...or at least their well hidden. How can I get
it without having to buy and reinstall the XP
proffesional version? I don't have 200$ to spare after
buying the notebook pc... The store won't admit I wasn't
properly informed...
 
Check with your Campus Bookstore or even the College IT Department.
Microsoft has Academic versions of most of it's software which is much
cheaper. As a student you may qualify for the Academic license.

If you just need word processing and a presentation program you might get by
fine with Open Office Suite. This is a full featured office suite that can
open, save and work with Microsoft documents. It is a large download of over
50MB but it is free with no nags, spyware or the like
http://www.openoffice.org/product/ If you choose to try this product you can
simply set the Options to work with Microsoft documents by following the
example here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/images/writer2.jpg
 
Greetings --

Neither the Microsoft Office application suite, nor any of its
individual component applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,
Outlook, etc.), have _ever_ been "part" of *any* Windows operating
system. They are, and always have been, separate applications, that
must be purchased and installed separately.

That said, if you ordered Office to be installed on the laptop,
and paid for it, contact the whomever sold you the laptop about
getting your entire purchase.


Bruce Chambers

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