If one only needs Word and Excel ...

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David

On bringing up a new computer, if one only needs Word and Excel is there
any peril in purchasing and installing *only* those two applications? IOW,
will there be any functionality "surprises" to anticipate down the road?

As a possible example, Outlook appears to play a large role in the latest
integrated Office release, but (at least AFAIK), I do not use Outlook at
all. Must I include it?

Thank you very much, in advance, for any thoughts...
 
M

Milly Staples - MVP Outlook

Buying an Office Suite is always cheaper than buying individual components.
For instance, Office Students and Teachers Edition 2003 allows for 3
installations and costs about $180.

Single versions of Word and Excel, upgrade packages, costs about $400.
They can only be installed on 2 computers, both used by your and require a
qualifying product.

Office STE has Word, Excel, and Outlook. I would think that it is the clear
winner, considering if you qualify for the package.

For comparison from Amazon.com:
Word standalone
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/s...=491286&field-keywords=microsoft word &page=1

Excel Standalone:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/s...index=software&field-keywords=microsoft+excel

Office Standard:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/s...words=microsoft+office+standard&Go.x=6&Go.y=9

Office Students and Teachers:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/s...ywords=microsoft+office+students+and+teachers


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, David asked:

| On bringing up a new computer, if one only needs Word and Excel is
| there any peril in purchasing and installing *only* those two
| applications? IOW, will there be any functionality "surprises" to
| anticipate down the road?
|
| As a possible example, Outlook appears to play a large role in the
| latest integrated Office release, but (at least AFAIK), I do not use
| Outlook at all. Must I include it?
|
| Thank you very much, in advance, for any thoughts...
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MVP]

Look at the different suites available. It may be cheaper to get a suite
that includes those two programs than to buy them separately.

PS - Get them from Amazon.com. Tend to be able to save a few dollars with
them. ;-)
 
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David

Thank you Millie and JoAnn,

I didn't state my question very clearly. What I really meant to say was
that I would prefer not to put a lot of stuff into a new machine that I
don't use. (Too much of that gets into them already.) And since I don't
(intentionally anyway) use Outlook, I thought perhaps I could avoid all the
baggage that it brings along, and just install Word and Excel by
themselves. What do you think would be the consequences?

(I do understand the cost advantages of a suite though, and will go that
route if necessary. But unfortunately though, it would be a stretch for me
to label myself a student or teacher. I will check out the Amazon links
though, thank you.)
 
M

Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User

David

You are not obliged to install Office in it's entirety.. you can do a custom
install..
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

If you purchase the suite, you will have the choice of a custom installation
where you can make Outlook "Unavailable" and it will not be installed. A
real shame, IMHO, since Outlook can do so much for you, if you are willing
tol learn.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, David asked:

| Thank you Millie and JoAnn,
|
| I didn't state my question very clearly. What I really meant to say
| was that I would prefer not to put a lot of stuff into a new machine
| that I don't use. (Too much of that gets into them already.) And
| since I don't (intentionally anyway) use Outlook, I thought perhaps I
| could avoid all the baggage that it brings along, and just install
| Word and Excel by themselves. What do you think would be the
| consequences?
|
| (I do understand the cost advantages of a suite though, and will go
| that route if necessary. But unfortunately though, it would be a
| stretch for me to label myself a student or teacher. I will check
| out the Amazon links though, thank you.)
|
| On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:37:45 -0600, David <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
|| On bringing up a new computer, if one only needs Word and Excel is
|| there any peril in purchasing and installing *only* those two
|| applications? IOW, will there be any functionality "surprises" to
|| anticipate down the road?
||
|| As a possible example, Outlook appears to play a large role in the
|| latest integrated Office release, but (at least AFAIK), I do not use
|| Outlook at all. Must I include it?
||
|| Thank you very much, in advance, for any thoughts...
 
D

David

Hi Millie,
I already have a standalone mail reader and newsreader, so have never even
investigated Outlook. But from what you say, it sounds like I'm missing a
lot. Can you recommend a summary webpage?
Thank you,
David
 
T

Tom Willett

See: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010857931033.aspx

Tom
| Hi Millie,
| I already have a standalone mail reader and newsreader, so have never even
| investigated Outlook. But from what you say, it sounds like I'm missing a
| lot. Can you recommend a summary webpage?
| Thank you,
| David
|
| On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 06:42:39 -0700, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
|
| >If you purchase the suite, you will have the choice of a custom
installation
| >where you can make Outlook "Unavailable" and it will not be installed. A
| >real shame, IMHO, since Outlook can do so much for you, if you are
willing
| >tol learn.
| >
| >--?
| >Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
| >
| >Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
| >unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
| >reading.
| >
| >After furious head scratching, David asked:
| >
| >| Thank you Millie and JoAnn,
| >|
| >| I didn't state my question very clearly. What I really meant to say
| >| was that I would prefer not to put a lot of stuff into a new machine
| >| that I don't use. (Too much of that gets into them already.) And
| >| since I don't (intentionally anyway) use Outlook, I thought perhaps I
| >| could avoid all the baggage that it brings along, and just install
| >| Word and Excel by themselves. What do you think would be the
| >| consequences?
| >|
| >| (I do understand the cost advantages of a suite though, and will go
| >| that route if necessary. But unfortunately though, it would be a
| >| stretch for me to label myself a student or teacher. I will check
| >| out the Amazon links though, thank you.)
| >|
| >| On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:37:45 -0600, David <[email protected]>
| >| wrote:
| >|
| >|| On bringing up a new computer, if one only needs Word and Excel is
| >|| there any peril in purchasing and installing *only* those two
| >|| applications? IOW, will there be any functionality "surprises" to
| >|| anticipate down the road?
| >||
| >|| As a possible example, Outlook appears to play a large role in the
| >|| latest integrated Office release, but (at least AFAIK), I do not use
| >|| Outlook at all. Must I include it?
| >||
| >|| Thank you very much, in advance, for any thoughts...
| >
|
 
J

JoAnn Paules [MVP]

David,

I have Outlook but still prefer Outlook Express. The only thing it doesn't
offer me is a calendar and I can live with that. But it's entirely possible
that you will find that Outlook is just the thing you need to make your life
complete. Of course, if it *is*......well, um........bully for you. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



David said:
Hi Millie,
I already have a standalone mail reader and newsreader, so have never even
investigated Outlook. But from what you say, it sounds like I'm missing a
lot. Can you recommend a summary webpage?
Thank you,
David

If you purchase the suite, you will have the choice of a custom
installation
where you can make Outlook "Unavailable" and it will not be installed. A
real shame, IMHO, since Outlook can do so much for you, if you are willing
tol learn.

--?
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, David asked:

| Thank you Millie and JoAnn,
|
| I didn't state my question very clearly. What I really meant to say
| was that I would prefer not to put a lot of stuff into a new machine
| that I don't use. (Too much of that gets into them already.) And
| since I don't (intentionally anyway) use Outlook, I thought perhaps I
| could avoid all the baggage that it brings along, and just install
| Word and Excel by themselves. What do you think would be the
| consequences?
|
| (I do understand the cost advantages of a suite though, and will go
| that route if necessary. But unfortunately though, it would be a
| stretch for me to label myself a student or teacher. I will check
| out the Amazon links though, thank you.)
|
| On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:37:45 -0600, David <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
|| On bringing up a new computer, if one only needs Word and Excel is
|| there any peril in purchasing and installing *only* those two
|| applications? IOW, will there be any functionality "surprises" to
|| anticipate down the road?
||
|| As a possible example, Outlook appears to play a large role in the
|| latest integrated Office release, but (at least AFAIK), I do not use
|| Outlook at all. Must I include it?
||
|| Thank you very much, in advance, for any thoughts...
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David R. Norton MVP

On bringing up a new computer, if one only needs Word and Excel is
there any peril in purchasing and installing *only* those two
applications? IOW, will there be any functionality "surprises" to
anticipate down the road?
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As you've already been told the functionality "surprises" will be to
your wallet.

Full retail version of Office from Microsoft's website is $399, the
full retail version of Word is $229 and the full retail version of
Excel is $229. Buying Office saves you a bunch and the savings will
probably be similar no matter what price you find, the suite is cheaper
than it's components.

So.... download and try Open Office from http://openoffice.org

It's free, it contains a word processor and a spread sheet which is
what you need, it'll be pretty compatible with MS Office and if you
don't like it you just delete it and buy MS Office.
 
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