I am currently using WordPad and I am 'dissatisfied' with it because of it's limited features when making documents. I am thinking of purchasing either MS Word98 or MS Word2000 but still undecided which one to get- although I did used both before. Maybe with your helpful advice, I will be able to make a decision. I know- some of you might suggest the latter but please help me weigh the advantages and disadvantages first, then I can make a decision. Thanks!
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MS Word 2k is better, though it may take a little bit more space, plus you have to pay for it around 70 bucks? though that's for the new ones- xp and 2003 i think.\n\nGet Open Office, it's originally made for Linux by Sun Microsystems (the company that invented Java lol), but they  have several versions for Windows, its a whole suite so you get a wordediting, chart editing, presentation editing, etc. 5or 6 things total that completely substitute Windows Office, plus its all free, just download it from http://www.openoffice.org, download is like 90 mb, then extraction 92 mb or so, and installed it's 250 mbs total, though Win Office 2003 is about a gig, Open Office, is less space taking, has all same features, is a lot easier to use, is a lot faster, hardly ever crashes.\n\nIt takes about 20 mintues to install it ( for novice users), took me about 5 minutes, I have been using the windows version for several monthes now, it takes a little bit of time to get into it after using the Windows Office, but it's a lot better, also go to http://www.download.com and http://www.softpedia.com to look for specific word editing programs, there are many free, good small programs for editing them, there's just less support for third party editing.\n\nIn the end Open Office is the best.\n\nIf all the Office Suites were listed Win Office would be first only because you have to pay for it, Open Office would be second just because its freeware, but it deserves to be free.\n\nMore thatn 8 thousand man hours went into making Open Office, so it's  been made almost perfect.\n\n\nIf you need help with anything else email me:\nlevlozhkin@gmail and @yahoo, also I'm on yahoo messenger, aim messenger- REEFORMED and at msn messenger - REEFORMED\n\nFeel Free to talk to me, or ask for help and advice, in Linux  and Windows, not Mac though (only mac I have is 8.6 version which died almost a year ago, and since then I haven't even turned it on)\n\nLev \nHope this helped
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it is impossible to find word anywhere ive tried ..you might be able to find other word programs though
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Can't you use Microsoft Word for journals.\n\nIt has drawing, diagrams, graphs and all sorts.\n\nCREED
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Best text editor is notepad. I think everyone has it, and I use it all the time. Were you looking for some particular features?
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Word perfect and Microsoft Word are basically the same TYPE of program in that they are both basically a word processing program.  Word perfect has fewer bells and whistle than Microsoft Word and is setup to be used to create documents with primarily just words.  Microsoft Word is part of the office suite and integrates other types of files into it by allowing pictures, spreadsheets, and even animations to be added to it, so it comes down to what you can afford and what you need the program to do.
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This is definately not a good idea. I'm not a fan of XP, but going back to 98 would be a very bad idea. 98 is no longer supported, there is very little chance of getting patches for it to make it more secure and it is still very insecure by todays standards. Running a modern version of MS Office will be completely impossible as it requires at least Windows 2K and Office 2007 I believe needs Windows XP.
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is the file a wordpad file, or a m.s. word, or works file? If the file they are sending is not a wordpad file, and you are trying to open it using wordpad, sorry it's not going to work~ not compatible.
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I have tried 3 alternatives. I will list them in order of compatability with MS Office.\n\n1. Open Office - you said to exclude this but it is by far the most compatible to use instead of MS Office. There are usually no issues opening any of the file types.\n\n2. Ability Office - Nice cheap and seems to work well. Definatly not a bad alternative. we found a few bugs opening spreadsheets, but that was for the most part the only issue we had.\n\n3. Star Office(sun microsystems) - An alterative that we did not look to much into. We were warned off by other people that were using it. \n\nhope this helps...
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you should get microsoft for mac.. just the basics, like microsoft word, excel, powerpoint.. if you want a mac laptop, i wouldnt get the wimdows for mac.. because that defeats the purpose of having a mac.
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Which version of word is it as I think i.e word97 is diffrent to word xp etc.\n\n\nTry this link\nhttp://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?fr=fp-tab-web-t-1&ei=ISO-8859-1&p=format+for+word+file+actually+stored&meta=vc%3D
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Seriously, if you're  a Microsoft office user, you should use Microsoft Office 2007 when it's released.  Otherwise, use Wordperfect X3.  You won't waste your time to master another office just because one has one or some good functions than other.\n\nHowever, if you want to compare:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_2007
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Word - is a word processing application - a windows program that enables you to create documents, books, manuals and such.  Think of Word as a typewriter on "steroids".  Competing applications to MS Word are: Corel Wordperfect, Sun OpenOffice and GPL OpenOffice\n\nPowerPoint - this is a presentation application.  A windows program that enables you to create slide show presentations.  Think of this program as a page by page presentation with video, audio, multi-media and fancy graphics.  Used to convey thoughts, ideas, projects and information in a slide-by-slide format.  the same office suites above offer a presentation application like PowerPoint.
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My dad may have a copy, he only recently joined the Word faithful. Apparently the California Legal system required WP to read or edit docs on & off the net, as recently as 2 years ago. Do you know any CA lawyers?\nMy personal opinion is that Word Perfect was hardly "life", as it was so klunky and hard to use. Hav you loked up "wordstar", I seem to remember using that app & it was MUCH more friendly than WP.\nPlenty of mac users were using a Word-like product years before Windows 3.1. \nAlso, check out http://stanford.edu/~bkunde/fb-press/articles/wdprhist.html
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I use Open Office suite(free ,download)\ntried msoffice suite(not free)&free "viewers" from microsoft\n\ni realised that openoffice is better(supports more formatting,extensions)\nfor more info \nhttp://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,6304,00.asp\n\ntry\nhttp://numsum.com/\n(its not that professional, and need u to sign up)
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Yes it is.\nIf you want to open a large text file try using another application. Using WordPad is better way, but slower. I recomended using Ultra Edit or EditPlus to open large file. I using UltraEdit to open a 200MB file and it only need a minute on AMD 2000 with 256 MB memory.
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Microsoft Word is a part of Microsoft Office family of products, which has more features and costs more then the Microsoft Works family. Now I think some Microsoft Works bundles actually come with Word. So basically Office and Word have better features, therefore costing more.
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If all you had was a 60 day trial to office on the pc then you probably have ms works already installed.  While MS works is not the full-blown version of Office, it functions the same way its just named slightly different for the programs and their capabilities.  DOc files (normally opened with Word) can be opened in Wordpad and edited the same way as with office word.  If you don't have a key you can't legally just put one in and get office to work, it has to do with activation as well as product key.....if the trial periodis over Offfice will still be able to open files for viewing but you can't change them.  Try Open Office, its free and has all the same products as MS Office without all the crap.