Re: MS Works Programs Compatible with Word & Excel?

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I too recently purchased a Vista system and I am furious that MS has
developed 2 systems that are not compatable, so that I have to purchase yet
another expensive item so I can do some work from home. Most of the planet
uses Word, Excel etc. had I known my brand new expensive system would not
allow me to work at home from emails rec'd from colleagues I would not have
purchased it. I am disappointed. I also should not have to scramble to try
to figure out how to put the two together. That is why I bought the
computer!


> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:17:00 -0700, Ginnie
> <Ginnie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I recently purchased a new computer with Vista Premium Home Version. The
> >system came with MS Works Word Processor and MS Works Spreadsheet programs.
> >I cannot open documents sent to me in Word or Excel.
>
>
> Of course not. You also can't open files sent to you in hundreds of
> other programs. In general you need the correct program to open *any*
> file
>
>
> > Is there a way to do
> >this or must I purchase MS Word and Excel?
>
>
> If all you want to do is view the files sent to you, you can download
> free Word and Excel viewers from Microsoft. However if you want to
> modify those files, or create your own, you need to either buy Word
> and Excel or get a compatible program such as WordPerfect Office,
> OpenOffice, or StarOffice.
>
> Also note that both Word and Excel files can carry macro viruses.
> Opening such files, even if they came from your best friend, is a very
> risky thing to do. I recommend against doing so.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
 
"Kelli" <Kelli@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1647321E-7EC9-4096-87B6-3FAEA4491464@microsoft.com...
>I too recently purchased a Vista system and I am furious that MS has
> developed 2 systems that are not compatable, so that I have to purchase
> yet
> another expensive item so I can do some work from home. Most of the
> planet
> uses Word, Excel etc. had I known my brand new expensive system would not
> allow me to work at home from emails rec'd from colleagues I would not
> have
> purchased it. I am disappointed. I also should not have to scramble to
> try
> to figure out how to put the two together. That is why I bought the
> computer!
>
>

As long as your colleagues are using Office 2003 or earlier, use this:
www.openoffice.org - it's free. The next version, out soon will open Office
2007 files...the Beta already does.
 
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:37:01 -0700, Kelli
<Kelli@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I too recently purchased a Vista system and I am furious that MS has
>developed 2 systems that are not compatable, so that I have to purchase yet
>another expensive item so I can do some work from home. Most of the planet
>uses Word, Excel etc. had I known my brand new expensive system would not
>allow me to work at home from emails rec'd from colleagues I would not have
>purchased it. I am disappointed. I also should not have to scramble to try
>to figure out how to put the two together. That is why I bought the
>computer!

I'm not sure what it is that you're bitching/whining about. Surely
you didn't buy the system from Microsoft.

You think that the manufacturer shoulda lumped MS Office in for FREE
along with other programs on your system?

Why didn't you bring Office along from your OLD system??


>
>> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:17:00 -0700, Ginnie
>> <Ginnie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I recently purchased a new computer with Vista Premium Home Version. The
>> >system came with MS Works Word Processor and MS Works Spreadsheet programs.
>> >I cannot open documents sent to me in Word or Excel.
>>
>>
>> Of course not. You also can't open files sent to you in hundreds of
>> other programs. In general you need the correct program to open *any*
>> file
>>
>>
>> > Is there a way to do
>> >this or must I purchase MS Word and Excel?
>>
>>
>> If all you want to do is view the files sent to you, you can download
>> free Word and Excel viewers from Microsoft. However if you want to
>> modify those files, or create your own, you need to either buy Word
>> and Excel or get a compatible program such as WordPerfect Office,
>> OpenOffice, or StarOffice.
>>
>> Also note that both Word and Excel files can carry macro viruses.
>> Opening such files, even if they came from your best friend, is a very
>> risky thing to do. I recommend against doing so.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>
 
Kelli wrote:
> I too recently purchased a Vista system and I am furious that MS has
> developed 2 systems that are not compatable, so that I have to purchase yet
> another expensive item so I can do some work from home.


Microsoft, like any other business, makes different products to meet
differing consumer needs. Do you also expect your sub-compact car to be
able to tow a 30-foot travel trailer when you want to go on vacation?


> Most of the planet
> uses Word, Excel etc.


Questionable statistics, but even so, that begs the question as to why,
if you knew you needed Word and Excel, you deliberately bought something
else.


> had I known my brand new expensive system would not
> allow me to work at home from emails rec'd from colleagues I would not have
> purchased it.


That's why an adult consumer looks into such things *before* making a
purchasing decision. (And it's not the "new expensive system" that's
incapable of reading the files, it's the software package that *you*
chose that's incompatible.)


> I am disappointed.


In yourself? I should certainly hope so. After all, *you're* the one
who decided to buy a computer with Works, rather than getting what you
actually needed.


> I also should not have to scramble to try
> to figure out how to put the two together. That is why I bought the
> computer!
>

So, just whose responsibility is it to see that you make intelligent
purchasing decisions? Your Mommy's?






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