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PLEASE help this COMPUTER DUMMY!?
I have Windows Media Edition on my computer, but I have some Microsoft word programs pre-installedon here like the processor and spreadsheet. (I think?)..... BUT I NEED the whole office programs like (office 2003, excel, access, and powerpoint) for my school assignments. I downloaded a free trial of these programs but it will be expiring soon. I would like to know, if I want to buy the program itself from the store, which version do I buy? The full or upgrade version, or do they have a student/teacher version which is cheaper? I was told that these programs should be on my computer already, but I haven't found them anywhere. I tried looking..I think??? I just see my free ones that I downloaded. I'm REALLY confused and all help is appreciated. PLEASE explain things as simple as possible because I have no knowledge of computers at all. Thanks.
8 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hi,
Yes there is a student and teacher edition of MS Office. This DOES NOT come with Microsoft Windows and never has (unless you bought a computer with a Windows OS and Office Bundle).
Now, there is an alternative (although I have never used it !). There is a suite of Software called OpenOffice which is downloadable from here: http://www.openoffice.org/
which can read and write MS Office documents.
How cool is that. You may want to go take a look.
Hope this helps
- 1 decade ago
In my humble opinion, full versions are ALWAYS better than upgrades. If you can find a copy of Microsoft Office XP (try Ebay) REMOVE the trial versions completely and do a clean install of Office.
And as far as should be on your computer, Windows XP or any of it's incarnations such as Media Center do not include the Office suite.
- VincentLv 61 decade ago
I used 2003 student and teacher edition in college, its fine....
As for where to get it? I just came from wal mart and the only version they had was the newer 2007 version....If you want the new one, try wal mart, or best buy....student and teacher edition will have everything you need.
If you want the older one "2003", you might have to buy it from ebay, thats where I got mine.....
Update: A free program may be fine for home use, but for school, I would stick with the microsoft version......
- cfitetxLv 41 decade ago
If you have free software from Microsoft on your computer it is probably MSWorks. It has a word processor and spreadsheet program not sure about the others.
There is another program you can download for free that I found out about here called Openoffice.
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- sonyackLv 61 decade ago
I don't know who told that MS Office stuff should be on your computer already, but in case the manufacturer reps said that, you can check in both of two ways:
Click Start, Click All Programs, look at the list for MS Office or look for each of the programs in the MS Office suite.
Or, click My Computer, Add/Remove, and on the list look for these things.
If neither place shows any of the MS Office programs, then you don't have them.
- 1 decade ago
well if you are looking for office and got a good computer ill prefer 2007 but if u got slow pc use 2000 but never use 2003 it got lots of bugs
- Anonymous4 years ago
I had laptop's for dummies, it is good and humorous too. good e book for a entire newbie. I paid approximately £20 i think of and offered it final 12 months on the carboot sale for 50p ha ha. attempt Amazon or Ebay.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Use open office. It is a full office suite that you can use to make professional quality documents.
www.openoffice.org
Its free too.
