What word processing program comes w/ Vista?

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Alias said:
Have you used it? Their web site isn't too professional. I tried to see
a screen shot of their Word program and got their Excel program.

Alias
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I had it installed on my XP machine before I reloaded it. It worked OK
for me the few things I used it for, like opening old Word documents and
unzipping zip files. It installed fine too without any problems. In
the long run, I stuck with open office. I just tried it out because I
had an OEM office XP on my old Dell, but since I was giving my fiancee
my Dell with Office XP, I needed a replacement office suite. It's
entirely likely that I should have stuck with it because last August
when I tried to use open office to print labels for my wedding
invitations, it was a nightmare. Open office has a bug when you try to
print labels with it, and the help file tells you the wrong way to print
the labels so you run into the bug (this was on open office 1.x). After
searching online, I found the problem and was able to print my labels
finally. I still use open office 2.x now and for everything else I've
ever done with it, it works great. I just hope they finally fixed the
label printing error. Kurt actually turned me on to Easyoffice in the
XP groups.

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Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"DRM is not added to anything in Vista."

"Good poets borrow; great poets steal."
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I do not have the Works cd because it was preinstalled when I bought
my computer. I do have my 'restore cd' that came with my computer. I
don't know if i can run that and choose certain programs off of
that?????
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That all depends, most likely not, if it an actual 'restore only CD'.
 
I'm sorry that Open Office didn't install properly, but relieved that it
apparently uninstalled properly. If you can get a fast connection to
the Internet anywhere you go, you could accept having your word
processor in a data center's server, instead of in your computer.

Otherwise, if you're comfortable with Works, calculate how much
looking $50 is worth, and look that hard for the Works CD in its
sleeve, which should have been with old computer's restore CD.

You can allow yourself a couple of months to find it by getting a
trial version of Microsoft Office. Click one of the Try Now buttons:
http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx?culture=en-US
The danger is that you may decide that the Home and Student
version, if you downloaded that one, is worth $150 - its price.

Web 2.0 is aimed at putting your word processing on distant
servers, where it's supported by advertising or rent payments.
Google, Microsoft, Corel and others are aiming to get tenants
for their Internet office software offerings. For example:
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html
 
I hope someone is still reading these. Can someone recommend between
openoffice, ABIWord, and Easyoffice suite? And do I need the java download
prior to loading OpenOffice? Thanks so much.
 
PatriciaMae said:
I hope someone is still reading these. Can someone recommend between
openoffice, ABIWord, and Easyoffice suite? And do I need the java download
prior to loading OpenOffice? Thanks so much.
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If all you're doing is word processing, ABIWord.
 
Thank you! I was just looking at it and MSNBC actually recommended it very
highly. All I want to do is word processing, yes. I did look into
easyofficesuite but they are charging for that and if I can get ABI for free
and it is good that will be my way to go. Thanks again.
 
PatriciaMae said:
I hope someone is still reading these. Can someone recommend between
openoffice, ABIWord, and Easyoffice suite? And do I need the java
download
prior to loading OpenOffice? Thanks so much.
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Open Office.
 
Mike said:
Open Office
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I find that ABIWord is better for word processing than Open Office. It
has more features and opens a helluva lot quicker than Open Office's
word processor.

Alias
 
Ian said:
Open Office.
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I find that ABIWord is better for word processing than Open Office. It
has more features and opens a helluva lot quicker than Open Office's
word processor.
 
I find for getting real work done, Microsoft Word does the job just fine.
Much better than the OpenOffice suite.
 
Bill said:
HA - Remove shoes? Why? Because we don't want to STEP IN IT?
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In households that require removing shoes before entering, it is because
of what's on the shoes, you moron!

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Alias
To email me, remove shoes
 
Bill said:
I find for getting real work done, Microsoft Word does the job just fine.
Much better than the OpenOffice suite.
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I didn't recommend Open Office. Reading comprehension problem?

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Alias
To email me, remove shoes
 
You must not have had your COFFEE today. It was a JOKE, son!


Alias said:
Bill said:
HA - Remove shoes? Why? Because we don't want to STEP IN IT?
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In households that require removing shoes before entering, it is because
of what's on the shoes, you moron!
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Maybe not this time, but 433,654 other times you have recommended Open
Office !


Alias said:
Bill said:
I find for getting real work done, Microsoft Word does the job just fine.
Much better than the OpenOffice suite.
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I didn't recommend Open Office. Reading comprehension problem?
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Bill said:
Alias said:
In households that require removing shoes before entering, it is because
of what's on the shoes, you moron!
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Top posting corrected:
You must not have had your COFFEE today. It was a JOKE, son!
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No, it was just a desperate act on your part to discredit me the same
way you lamely tried to use "invalid".
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Bill said:
Maybe not this time, but 433,654 other times you have recommended Open
Office !
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I don't use Open Office and you can't prove otherwise. You're just, as
usual, making things up as you go along.

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Alias
To email me, remove shoes
 
Alias said:
Top posting corrected:


No, it was just a desperate act on your part to discredit me the same
way you lamely tried to use "invalid".
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Oh I don't think so. You certainly don't need anyone's help to discredit
yourself.
You're doing a great job already.
Keep it up!
Frank
 
Alias said:
I find that ABIWord is better for word processing than Open Office. It has
more features and opens a helluva lot quicker than Open Office's word
processor.
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Never found that on my computer.
 
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