Alias
Wed Jul 25 11:36:21 CDT 2007
gfogg wrote:
> I thank all of you for your responses. Here's what I am asking: I have MS
> Works Word Ver 6.0. When I buy a new computer, what softwear should be on it
> to allow me to use all my old files? When I worked for a living, we had
> Office (something?) and it had Word. Quite frankly I'm not real pleased with
> ME or any of the softwear that comes with it for word processing and spread
> sheets or for that matter the total lack of graphics. However, being an old
> retired guy I didn't want to spend the money for more capabilities than I
> would probably use. That desire still exists but I do need some sort of
> softwear to open my old files and is still supported by Microsoft. I have
> backed up my files periodically on disks. Abain thanks for all your help.
http://www.openoffice.org/
Will support MS apps and it's free.
Alias
>
> "N. Miller" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:18:41 +0200, Alias wrote:
>>
>>> Dapper Dan wrote:
>>>> I'm not sure what ME Word is; I suspect you might mean MS Word or more
>>>> likely MS WORKS. It's not the OS that will open these files but rather newer
>>>> versions of MS Word or MS Works will open older versions of saved files.
>>>>
>>>> As Heather and Alias indicated, you will need some form of an interface to
>>>> transfer the files from your old computer to the new one, but this is not
>>>> overly complicated.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>> Maybe he or she means Word Pad that comes with Windows Me.
>> Or MS Works. My HP Pavilion 6745C shipped with Windows Me, and MS Works
>> 2000. I just checked the Help | About in the Works Word Processor
>> application.
>>
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