Hi; I am new to "windows x p" and cannot find a work sheet with a full
range of editing capabilities. note pad and word pad are only very basic.
can anyone help ?

"Fred Skyler" <harveyb@citytel.net> wrote in message
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"BWAHAHAHAHAHA"

You have to buy M$ office if you want a full set of programs

You can buy a few different word processing programs or try something
like this.
http://www.openoffice.org/
Anyone used this before? I haven't, but it looks interesting.

"Fred Skyler" <harveyb@citytel.net> wrote in message
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"Fred Skyler" <harveyb@citytel.net> wrote in message
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As others have indicated, wordprocessing (or spreadsheets, etc.) is not part
of Windows (not in XP, but also not part of previous versions). I am a
confirmed WordPerfect user. Many use Word, or you might even want to buy an
inexpensive standalone word processor. You could search for freeware or
shareware through www.tucows.com.

MaryL

Fred Skyler said:

As Billy suggested download and install:
http://www.openoffice.org/

Try Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org/

Or, for just a word processor:

Crypt Edit
http://polyedit.com/downloads.shtml

Atlantis Nova
http://www.rssol.com/en/html/download/first.htm

AbiWord
http://www.abisource.com/


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Hamman scrawled:

No, you don't.

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Somehow i doubt that this type of 'new' user will want to be playing around
with Star or Open office

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Hamman scrawled:

Why not? Besides, there are plain word processors available, too.

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"Fred Skyler" <harveyb@citytel.net> wrote in message
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******************* Thanks a million to all who replied--With Windows
'98 I had "microsoft works" and I thought that "windows x p" was an
improvement but I guess not.---Fred---

Howdy!

"Fred Skyler" <harveyb@citytel.net> wrote in message
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Yep. Go to http://www.openoffice.org and download OpenOffice.ORG
1.0.3.1 (or first go to http://java.sun.com and get the Java Runtime
Environment, then download OpenOffice.ORG 1.1RC3).

Or, go to www.software602.com and download the PCSuite from them.

Or Google for "Office Suite Download" and see what else is out
there.

I personally prefer OOO's suite. Impress (the drawing program) is a
VERY competent program, and OpenOffice Write and OpenOffice Calc both do
very good.

RwP

Fred Skyler wrote:

It arguably is. You seem to be confusing operating systems with
applications.

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Howdy!

"Billy" <noone@home.spamnet> wrote in message
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Yes, I have. I've even gotten a few customers up on it (a total of
over 100 installs, AAMOF). It's a good solid program. 1.1RC3 doesn't do
anything flaky, and it fixes some interface gotchas that tended to bug me.

1.1RC3, however, requires a Java Runtime for full operation. I've
been using the Sun JRE (http://java.sun.com) for my customers.

RwP

Thanks RWP, your opinion carries weight with me.

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"Fred Skyler" <harveyb@citytel.net> wrote in message
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That would depend on what the vendor included with your computer. That is,
MS Works is not part of XP but it also was not part of Win 98. Many
computers do come with Works pre-installed, but (as another post mentioned)
that is an application while Win is the operating system.

MaryL