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i did not find the winword.exe file on the system on notepad. i am having trouble connecting to live help it tells me it is not available for me. any suggestions, it says it cannot locate my customer or order number. i got these numbers from the original email sent to me at the time of purchase. trying to resolve this issure in getting old i want to use this computer for home office work and need microsoft word or some other word processor. can someone at dell link to this computer and tell me if the program was installed at the time of purchase i have never seen a computer that didnt have a word program or does dell normally install corel wordperfect
netwaytools
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Posted August 12th, 2006 23:00
winword.exe is not a part of the Microsoft (windows any version) operating system. It is separate installation/software package - Microsoft family product - Microsoft Office v.xxx.But at least two word-processing application we have (by default): NotePad and WordPad. More advanced word-processing like Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect and many other - may be pre-installed by manufacture making PC or you have to buy and install yourself. Also you may find some free word-processing applications - take a look at Google or http://www.flysuite.com/en/start_flyword.php?ww=us for example...
@tpk wrote:
i did not find the winword.exe file on the system on notepad. i am having trouble connecting to live help it tells me it is not available for me. any suggestions, it says it cannot locate my customer or order number. i got these numbers from the original email sent to me at the time of purchase. trying to resolve this issure in getting old i want to use this computer for home office work and need microsoft word or some other word processor. can someone at dell link to this computer and tell me if the program was installed at the time of purchase i have never seen a computer that didnt have a word program or does dell normally install corel wordperfect
Word and the other Office programs are not free. You can buy them from Dell as an upgrade. If you have broadband internet, you can download a 60-day trial version of Office 2003 from Microsoft. The download exceeds 200 mb. As others have mentioned there are also various free office suites available.
If you need something basic, Microsoft does offer the Works suite, which I think comes with Microsoft word
CriticalMass
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Posted August 12th, 2006 04:00
The good news is that there are alternatives to Microsoft - and they're free!! Look up:
www.abisource.com or www.openoffice.org. AbiWord is a simple alternative to MS word; OpenOffice is more comprehensive and rivals the Microsoft Office suites.
Good hunting,
Crit