J
Jim Macklin
Sounds more like the college is acting like a jerk. Any
college professor should be able to work around any
application. Fonts, who cares about fonts in a college.
You can write your own and there are a ton of free fonts.
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| Your the moron.
| You've systematically taken every sentence I wrote out of
context and
| responded to each individually without taking any of the
other sentences
| into consideration.
| No I've never used the trial version, however if you need
it beyond the
| expiration period you have to pay for it. Any reasonable
idiot, such as
| yourself, could also conclude that if you don't want to
purchase it that's
| OK, it'll just stop working.
| Not once did the original poster say he's taking a course
in Word. He said
| he's taking an Internet IT Tech course and the Prof.
demands homework in one
| specific format.
| Microsoft has a lock on the software most institutions of
higher education
| use and it's moronic to insist that poor college students
have to purchase
| and use Office.
| In one recent class I took, not only did we have to
purchase Office we were
| also required to purchase over a $1000.00 worth of fonts
that did not come
| with Office if the assignments were to be done correctly.
| So I'm speaking as someone who has recently been through
the wringer on this
| and came out the other side pretty damned pissed.
Whenever I work on a
| computer these days and someone asks me about Office
software I will always
| recommend Open Office and I'll even give them a CD-R with
Sun Java and Open
| Office on it.
| Pop's, you wouldn't happen to be one of those moron
college Prof.'s who's
| brain has been purchased and programmed by Microsoft would
you? My Unix and
| Linux Prof.'s warned me about guys like you.
|
| | > Uhhh, HE'S a moron?
| >
| > | > |
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/trial.mspx
| > | Ordering a trial Office 2003 CD would be another
option as it
| > allows you to
| > | use it for 30 days without payment.
| >
| > Have you ever used that?
| >
| > | Perhaps you could get past this moron professor in
that amount
| > of time.
| > | Any Prof. that insists on Microsoft compatible file
formats is
| > a moron and
| > | anyone who disputes this would be a moron to.
| >
| > Really? He's teaching a Word class, and he should
accept .txt
| > files? Or .rtf? Or .mac? Or ... ?
| > You said: "anyone who disputes this would be a moron
to". Would
| > be a moron to what? Kind of an idiotic statement, IMO.
| >
| > | He or she should except Open Office, Works, Word, Word
Perfect,
| > text files
| > | etc. unless he/she is teaching a course specifically
in
| > Microsoft Word or
| > | Excel.
| >
| > Well, make up your mind: You seem so positive, you must
know
| > whether it's specifically MS Word or ...? Do you know
what their
| > assignments consists of? Of course you don't, so you
can't
| > answer that. Moron.
| >
| > | I have no idea how long it takes for Microsoft to ship
this CD
| > as I've never
| > | ordered it.
| >
| > So? What does that do to the price of tea?
| >
| > | If all you need is Word and Excel I'd get the Students
and
| > Teachers version
| >
| > Word AND Excel? Why? The OP said Word OR Excel.
| >
| >
| > | as you'll have to pay full price to activate this
trial version
| > once it
| > | expires.
| >
| > He will "have to pay full price to activate this trial
version "?
| > I don't THINK so! All it does is quit: There is no
| > requirementto pay for it if you don't want it.
| >
| > Youse needs ta git sum more larnin' cause youse all
sounds like a
| > maroon ta mee.
| >
| >
| > Pop
| >
| >
| >
| > |
message
| > | | > | > Some versions of Works will allow you to save as
Word
| > documents. Have you
| > | expanded
| > | > the save as, files of type...?
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Mary Sauer MS MVP
| > | > http://office.microsoft.com/
| > | > http://www.msauer.mvps.org/
| > | > news://msnews.microsoft.com
| > | >
| > | > > Hi everyone
| > | > >
| > | > > I need some advice or help. I am currently doing
an
| > internet IT course
| > | and
| > | > > my tutor said he cannot accept any more Works Word
| > documents. He can
| > | only
| > | > > accept word or excel docs. Is there any way of
downloading
| > word or
| > | excel
| > | > > with existing Xp programs and if so where can i
get it. Or
| > is it in the
| > | > > system.
| > | > >
| > | > > Any help appreciated (I have limited user
knowledge hence
| > the course).
| > | > >
| > | > > Thanks
| > | > > --
| > | > > bob carolgees
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
college professor should be able to work around any
application. Fonts, who cares about fonts in a college.
You can write your own and there are a ton of free fonts.
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| Your the moron.
| You've systematically taken every sentence I wrote out of
context and
| responded to each individually without taking any of the
other sentences
| into consideration.
| No I've never used the trial version, however if you need
it beyond the
| expiration period you have to pay for it. Any reasonable
idiot, such as
| yourself, could also conclude that if you don't want to
purchase it that's
| OK, it'll just stop working.
| Not once did the original poster say he's taking a course
in Word. He said
| he's taking an Internet IT Tech course and the Prof.
demands homework in one
| specific format.
| Microsoft has a lock on the software most institutions of
higher education
| use and it's moronic to insist that poor college students
have to purchase
| and use Office.
| In one recent class I took, not only did we have to
purchase Office we were
| also required to purchase over a $1000.00 worth of fonts
that did not come
| with Office if the assignments were to be done correctly.
| So I'm speaking as someone who has recently been through
the wringer on this
| and came out the other side pretty damned pissed.
Whenever I work on a
| computer these days and someone asks me about Office
software I will always
| recommend Open Office and I'll even give them a CD-R with
Sun Java and Open
| Office on it.
| Pop's, you wouldn't happen to be one of those moron
college Prof.'s who's
| brain has been purchased and programmed by Microsoft would
you? My Unix and
| Linux Prof.'s warned me about guys like you.
|
| | > Uhhh, HE'S a moron?
| >
| > | > |
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/trial.mspx
| > | Ordering a trial Office 2003 CD would be another
option as it
| > allows you to
| > | use it for 30 days without payment.
| >
| > Have you ever used that?
| >
| > | Perhaps you could get past this moron professor in
that amount
| > of time.
| > | Any Prof. that insists on Microsoft compatible file
formats is
| > a moron and
| > | anyone who disputes this would be a moron to.
| >
| > Really? He's teaching a Word class, and he should
accept .txt
| > files? Or .rtf? Or .mac? Or ... ?
| > You said: "anyone who disputes this would be a moron
to". Would
| > be a moron to what? Kind of an idiotic statement, IMO.
| >
| > | He or she should except Open Office, Works, Word, Word
Perfect,
| > text files
| > | etc. unless he/she is teaching a course specifically
in
| > Microsoft Word or
| > | Excel.
| >
| > Well, make up your mind: You seem so positive, you must
know
| > whether it's specifically MS Word or ...? Do you know
what their
| > assignments consists of? Of course you don't, so you
can't
| > answer that. Moron.
| >
| > | I have no idea how long it takes for Microsoft to ship
this CD
| > as I've never
| > | ordered it.
| >
| > So? What does that do to the price of tea?
| >
| > | If all you need is Word and Excel I'd get the Students
and
| > Teachers version
| >
| > Word AND Excel? Why? The OP said Word OR Excel.
| >
| >
| > | as you'll have to pay full price to activate this
trial version
| > once it
| > | expires.
| >
| > He will "have to pay full price to activate this trial
version "?
| > I don't THINK so! All it does is quit: There is no
| > requirementto pay for it if you don't want it.
| >
| > Youse needs ta git sum more larnin' cause youse all
sounds like a
| > maroon ta mee.
| >
| >
| > Pop
| >
| >
| >
| > |
message
| > | | > | > Some versions of Works will allow you to save as
Word
| > documents. Have you
| > | expanded
| > | > the save as, files of type...?
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Mary Sauer MS MVP
| > | > http://office.microsoft.com/
| > | > http://www.msauer.mvps.org/
| > | > news://msnews.microsoft.com
| > | >
| > | > > Hi everyone
| > | > >
| > | > > I need some advice or help. I am currently doing
an
| > internet IT course
| > | and
| > | > > my tutor said he cannot accept any more Works Word
| > documents. He can
| > | only
| > | > > accept word or excel docs. Is there any way of
downloading
| > word or
| > | excel
| > | > > with existing Xp programs and if so where can i
get it. Or
| > is it in the
| > | > > system.
| > | > >
| > | > > Any help appreciated (I have limited user
knowledge hence
| > the course).
| > | > >
| > | > > Thanks
| > | > > --
| > | > > bob carolgees
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
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