Word for Vista

I have just bought a new Vista computer....I currently have word 2000 which
works great on XP....I am trying to save some money and use an older word
program until I can upgrade....can I get by with Word 2000? Or what about
2002? My computer is an amd 4000 with vista home premium. Also they have
window 8.5 installed wanting me to pay for it after a couple of months. I
will have 2 gigs of ram once it is put together. Any help you can give me
would be well appreciated. I saw from one person that her word 2000 worked
great....but not sure if that is representative of any one else.....
--
writer

-- woops made a mistake....I have works suite 8.5 installed...not windows
8.5....but would rather use an ealier program like word 2002 or 2000...I know
that word 2000 is no longer supported by microsoft....but i have found that
it works fine on xp....what about on Vista? ...
writer


"writer" wrote:

> I have just bought a new Vista computer....I currently have word 2000 which
> works great on XP....I am trying to save some money and use an older word
> program until I can upgrade....can I get by with Word 2000? Or what about
> 2002? My computer is an amd 4000 with vista home premium. Also they have
> window 8.5 installed wanting me to pay for it after a couple of months. I
> will have 2 gigs of ram once it is put together. Any help you can give me
> would be well appreciated. I saw from one person that her word 2000 worked
> great....but not sure if that is representative of any one else.....
> --
> writer

Word 2002 works fine on Vista

--
John the West Ham fan

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"writer" <> wrote in message
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>
> -- woops made a mistake....I have works suite 8.5 installed...not windows
> 8.5....but would rather use an ealier program like word 2002 or 2000...I
> know
> that word 2000 is no longer supported by microsoft....but i have found
> that
> it works fine on xp....what about on Vista? ...
> writer
>
>
> "writer" wrote:
>
>> I have just bought a new Vista computer....I currently have word 2000
>> which
>> works great on XP....I am trying to save some money and use an older word
>> program until I can upgrade....can I get by with Word 2000? Or what about
>> 2002? My computer is an amd 4000 with vista home premium. Also they have
>> window 8.5 installed wanting me to pay for it after a couple of months. I
>> will have 2 gigs of ram once it is put together. Any help you can give me
>> would be well appreciated. I saw from one person that her word 2000
>> worked
>> great....but not sure if that is representative of any one else.....
>> --
>> writer

I am running Office 2000 which includes Word 2000. Although it isn't
supported in a sense, you can download security updates manually from the
Office website.

"writer" <> wrote in message
news:A5DE2D6B-6804-4FA2-A0F1-...
>
> -- woops made a mistake....I have works suite 8.5 installed...not windows
> 8.5....but would rather use an ealier program like word 2002 or 2000...I
> know
> that word 2000 is no longer supported by microsoft....but i have found
> that
> it works fine on xp....what about on Vista? ...
> writer
>
>
> "writer" wrote:
>
>> I have just bought a new Vista computer....I currently have word 2000
>> which
>> works great on XP....I am trying to save some money and use an older word
>> program until I can upgrade....can I get by with Word 2000? Or what about
>> 2002? My computer is an amd 4000 with vista home premium. Also they have
>> window 8.5 installed wanting me to pay for it after a couple of months. I
>> will have 2 gigs of ram once it is put together. Any help you can give me
>> would be well appreciated. I saw from one person that her word 2000
>> worked
>> great....but not sure if that is representative of any one else.....
>> --
>> writer

Word 2000 and 2002 are not certified for Windows Vista, but many folks have
reported that both in addition to other apps in Office 2000 and Office XP
work just fine on Windows Vista. Just make sure you acquire the latest
Service Packs for either version which can be downloaded from
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com

Also, you should install them in chronological order SP1, SP2, SP3
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Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"writer" <> wrote in message
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>I have just bought a new Vista computer....I currently have word 2000 which
> works great on XP....I am trying to save some money and use an older word
> program until I can upgrade....can I get by with Word 2000? Or what about
> 2002? My computer is an amd 4000 with vista home premium. Also they have
> window 8.5 installed wanting me to pay for it after a couple of months. I
> will have 2 gigs of ram once it is put together. Any help you can give me
> would be well appreciated. I saw from one person that her word 2000 worked
> great....but not sure if that is representative of any one else.....
> --
> writer

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in
news::

> Word 2000 and 2002 are not certified for Windows Vista, but many folks
> have reported that both in addition to other apps in Office 2000 and
> Office XP work just fine on Windows Vista. Just make sure you acquire
> the latest Service Packs for either version which can be downloaded
> from http://officeupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Also, you should install them in chronological order SP1, SP2, SP3

I thought MS service packs are cumulative. Or is that just SP's for Windows
itself ?

writer <> wrote:

>
>-- woops made a mistake....I have works suite 8.5 installed...not windows
>8.5....but would rather use an ealier program like word 2002 or 2000...I know
>that word 2000 is no longer supported by microsoft....but i have found that
>it works fine on xp....what about on Vista? ...

It should work on Vista. You might also check out Open Office
(www.openoffice.org), a free, open-source office suite. It will read
and save *.doc and other office formats (I don't think they've caught
up to Office 2007's *.docx/.xlsx formats yet), and it will save in PDF
format.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

I have the entire office 2000 pro suite running on Vista X64 Ultimate.
Works fine.


--
rajinisback

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:47:23 -0500, Tim Slattery quoth:

> (I don't think they've caught
> up to Office 2007's *.docx/.xlsx formats yet),

they have in the Linux version so I assume they have in the Windows
version also.

Felmon

Felmon Davis <> wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:47:23 -0500, Tim Slattery quoth:
>
>> (I don't think they've caught
>> up to Office 2007's *.docx/.xlsx formats yet),
>
>they have in the Linux version so I assume they have in the Windows
>version also.

Thanks, I'm glad to know that.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt