Word and Excel

I have a new laptop with Vista and find that I cannot load any of my Word and
Excel documents I had on my previous Windows XP Laptop. Does Vista come with
Word and Excel as Standard or not and do I have to buy these if it does not??

"Alan Harvey" wrote:

> I have a new laptop with Vista and find that I cannot load any of my Word and
> Excel documents I had on my previous Windows XP Laptop. Does Vista come with
> Word and Excel as Standard or not and do I have to buy these if it does not??

Word and Excel are part of Microsoft Office not the Operating system.
In other words you will need to buy Office.
There is also a free solution at openoffice.org

Robert

"Alan Harvey" <Alan > wrote in message
news:F4EEAC2B-15ED-48E6-B0C0-...
>I have a new laptop with Vista and find that I cannot load any of my Word
>and
> Excel documents I had on my previous Windows XP Laptop. Does Vista come
> with
> Word and Excel as Standard or not and do I have to buy these if it does
> not??

I have Open Office on one of my computers. I put it on many computer that I
repair, if the person can not afford Office.

But - it is ***NOT*** a solution - it is an alternative - one that is not
100% compatible with Office, no matter what the open source people try to
tell you.

That being said, the OP can certainly give it a try. If he has problems
opening and using his previously created files he will have to purchase
Microsoft Office.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)


"Robert Martin" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Word and Excel are part of Microsoft Office not the Operating system.
> In other words you will need to buy Office.
> There is also a free solution at openoffice.org
>
> Robert
>
> "Alan Harvey" <Alan > wrote in message
> news:F4EEAC2B-15ED-48E6-B0C0-...
>>I have a new laptop with Vista and find that I cannot load any of my Word
>>and
>> Excel documents I had on my previous Windows XP Laptop. Does Vista come
>> with
>> Word and Excel as Standard or not and do I have to buy these if it does
>> not??
>

Do you still have the original disks for Word and Excel from your previous
machine (or possibly disks for the entire Office suite)?
You may be able to reinstall on your Vista machine, depending on what
version it is. You may also be required to take those programs off your old
machine if it's still in use. I forget what the Office regs are regarding
how many times or places you can install the product.




"Alan Harvey" <Alan > wrote in message
news:F4EEAC2B-15ED-48E6-B0C0-...
>I have a new laptop with Vista and find that I cannot load any of my Word
>and
> Excel documents I had on my previous Windows XP Laptop. Does Vista come
> with
> Word and Excel as Standard or not and do I have to buy these if it does
> not??

"Alan Harvey" <Alan > wrote in message
news:F4EEAC2B-15ED-48E6-B0C0-...

>I have a new laptop with Vista and find that I cannot load any of my Word
>and
> Excel documents I had on my previous Windows XP Laptop. Does Vista come
> with
> Word and Excel as Standard or not


No. Neither Windows XP, nor any other version of Windows, has ever included
Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, or any other significant
application software. Such programs have to be bought, either by themselves
or as part of Microsoft Office.

If your previous computer, running an older version of Windows, came with
one or more of these, it was because the vendor who sold it bundled it as
part of the package he sold you, not because that version of Windows came
with it. Some, but not all, vendors do the same with Windows XP. Many
vendors make it available for an optional extra charge.


> and do I have to buy these if it does not??


Your choice, of course. If you want them you have to buy them. But there are
other choices, such as the considerably cheaper WordPerfect Office and
StarOffice, and the freeware OpenOffice. Whether one of these might meet
your needs and prefernces, I can't tell. I personally prefer WordPerfect to
Word, but Excel to Quattro Pro (the spreadsheet that comes with WordPerfect
Office). YMMV.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:08:03 -0700, Alan Harvey wrote:

> I have a new laptop with Vista and find that I cannot load any of my Word and
> Excel documents I had on my previous Windows XP Laptop. Does Vista come with
> Word and Excel as Standard or not and do I have to buy these if it does not??

1) no vista does not come with word and excel as standard.

2) you do not have to buy them. You can, instead, install OpenOffice.org
for free. It is an MS office work-alike with the ability to import and
export MS office files. You will probably not notice the difference.

Alan Harvey wrote:
> I have a new laptop with Vista and find that I cannot load any of my Word and
> Excel documents I had on my previous Windows XP Laptop. Does Vista come with
> Word and Excel as Standard or not and do I have to buy these if it does not??



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.

If all you need to do is view Office files, there are free viewers
available from Microsoft:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...wers&av=DCT000

If you need to create and/or edit Office files:

1) Go to store/shop that sells computer software.

2) Purchase the Microsoft Office suite that contains the applications
you need.

3) Return home.

4) Insert installation CD in PC's CD drive and follow the on-screen
prompts and instructions to install application and desired additional
features.

For the budget-minded (who also don't need all of Word's or Excel's
specific features), there's the free, open source OpenOffice:

http://www.openoffice.org/


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