none shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
How do I download word/office 2000. Word & Office were never
installed on my pc.
If you want to use a word processor or an office suite, and you are
short on ca$h, try OpenOffice. It's free to download
(
http://www.openoffice.org), it's Free Software (as in Free Speech -
notice the difference between free and Free) AND it is compatible with
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint,...)