Office 2000 upgrade -- can't find qualifying product

[David R. Norton MVP]

I would like to post a new question looking for users who know how to do
what I need to do.

I don't think that's possible as several others have pointed out but why not
give it a try? Just ignore any response that doesn't answer the question.

I'll just go back to using Open Office and not give Microsoft Office a
backward glance.

That's a viable alternative. OO has had some problems in retaining
formatting when opening *some* MS Office documents but I've been told that's
getting better in later releases which I've not tried. As you should have
learned from reading between the lines of various responses in this thread,
MS Office does require upgrading every few years as support is phased out for
earlier versions, so does OO but the upgrades are free.

If you have no problems with the few small limitations of OO and the one big
limitation (no database) then you should stay with it.

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

I would like to post a new question looking for users who know how to do
what I need to do.

I don't think that's possible as several others have pointed out but why not
give it a try? Just ignore any response that doesn't answer the question.

I'll just go back to using Open Office and not give Microsoft Office a
backward glance.

That's a viable alternative. OO has had some problems in retaining
formatting when opening *some* MS Office documents but I've been told that's
getting better in later releases which I've not tried. As you should have
learned from reading between the lines of various responses in this thread,
MS Office does require upgrading every few years as support is phased out for
earlier versions, so does OO but the upgrades are free.

If you have no problems with the few small limitations of OO and the one big
limitation (no database) then you should stay with it.

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

I would like to post a new question looking for users who know how to do
what I need to do.

I don't think that's possible as several others have pointed out but why not
give it a try? Just ignore any response that doesn't answer the question.

I'll just go back to using Open Office and not give Microsoft Office a
backward glance.

That's a viable alternative. OO has had some problems in retaining
formatting when opening *some* MS Office documents but I've been told that's
getting better in later releases which I've not tried. As you should have
learned from reading between the lines of various responses in this thread,
MS Office does require upgrading every few years as support is phased out for
earlier versions, so does OO but the upgrades are free.

If you have no problems with the few small limitations of OO and the one big
limitation (no database) then you should stay with it.

 

[Joanne]

David,

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me $35
for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or some other
way to type in something that will make the two programs recognize each
other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to send me.

Regarding Open Office, all I wanted to do was find a program that would open
files I had saved in Microsoft Office. I don't need a database or a lot of
bells and whistles. Microsoft Works has worked fine for me, except when I
want to open an older file, or a Word document file sent to me by someone
else.

I'm not exactly a "power user" when it comes to Office, which is one reason
I'm hesitant to pay to find out if there's a fix.

 

[Joanne]

David,

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me $35
for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or some other
way to type in something that will make the two programs recognize each
other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to send me.

Regarding Open Office, all I wanted to do was find a program that would open
files I had saved in Microsoft Office. I don't need a database or a lot of
bells and whistles. Microsoft Works has worked fine for me, except when I
want to open an older file, or a Word document file sent to me by someone
else.

I'm not exactly a "power user" when it comes to Office, which is one reason
I'm hesitant to pay to find out if there's a fix.

 

[Joanne]

David,

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me $35
for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or some other
way to type in something that will make the two programs recognize each
other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to send me.

Regarding Open Office, all I wanted to do was find a program that would open
files I had saved in Microsoft Office. I don't need a database or a lot of
bells and whistles. Microsoft Works has worked fine for me, except when I
want to open an older file, or a Word document file sent to me by someone
else.

I'm not exactly a "power user" when it comes to Office, which is one reason
I'm hesitant to pay to find out if there's a fix.

 

[Joanne]

David,

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me $35
for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or some other
way to type in something that will make the two programs recognize each
other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to send me.

Regarding Open Office, all I wanted to do was find a program that would open
files I had saved in Microsoft Office. I don't need a database or a lot of
bells and whistles. Microsoft Works has worked fine for me, except when I
want to open an older file, or a Word document file sent to me by someone
else.

I'm not exactly a "power user" when it comes to Office, which is one reason
I'm hesitant to pay to find out if there's a fix.

 

[Joanne]

David,

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me $35
for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or some other
way to type in something that will make the two programs recognize each
other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to send me.

Regarding Open Office, all I wanted to do was find a program that would open
files I had saved in Microsoft Office. I don't need a database or a lot of
bells and whistles. Microsoft Works has worked fine for me, except when I
want to open an older file, or a Word document file sent to me by someone
else.

I'm not exactly a "power user" when it comes to Office, which is one reason
I'm hesitant to pay to find out if there's a fix.

 

[Joanne]

David,

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me $35
for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or some other
way to type in something that will make the two programs recognize each
other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to send me.

Regarding Open Office, all I wanted to do was find a program that would open
files I had saved in Microsoft Office. I don't need a database or a lot of
bells and whistles. Microsoft Works has worked fine for me, except when I
want to open an older file, or a Word document file sent to me by someone
else.

I'm not exactly a "power user" when it comes to Office, which is one reason
I'm hesitant to pay to find out if there's a fix.

 

[Joanne]

David,

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me $35
for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or some other
way to type in something that will make the two programs recognize each
other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to send me.

Regarding Open Office, all I wanted to do was find a program that would open
files I had saved in Microsoft Office. I don't need a database or a lot of
bells and whistles. Microsoft Works has worked fine for me, except when I
want to open an older file, or a Word document file sent to me by someone
else.

I'm not exactly a "power user" when it comes to Office, which is one reason
I'm hesitant to pay to find out if there's a fix.

 

[Joanne]

David,

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me $35
for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or some other
way to type in something that will make the two programs recognize each
other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to send me.

Regarding Open Office, all I wanted to do was find a program that would open
files I had saved in Microsoft Office. I don't need a database or a lot of
bells and whistles. Microsoft Works has worked fine for me, except when I
want to open an older file, or a Word document file sent to me by someone
else.

I'm not exactly a "power user" when it comes to Office, which is one reason
I'm hesitant to pay to find out if there's a fix.

 

[Joanne]

David,

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me $35
for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or some other
way to type in something that will make the two programs recognize each
other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to send me.

Regarding Open Office, all I wanted to do was find a program that would open
files I had saved in Microsoft Office. I don't need a database or a lot of
bells and whistles. Microsoft Works has worked fine for me, except when I
want to open an older file, or a Word document file sent to me by someone
else.

I'm not exactly a "power user" when it comes to Office, which is one reason
I'm hesitant to pay to find out if there's a fix.

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me
$35 for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or
some other way to type in something that will make the two programs
recognize each other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to
send me.

I'd be afraid your $35 might buy you the same information you've already
received here.

I did a search of Google groups and found nothing that hasn't already been
discussed here.

The only possible solution might be to acquire an older version of MS Works
from some source such as ebay and use it as the software to upgrade to Office
2000. You wouldn't need to install it, just insert the CD when Office 2000
asks for it but since OO is working for you, there's no reason to do that.

I did find one copy of Works 4.5 on ebay for $9.99 with $4.30 postage, that's
cheaper than paying the support charge... ;-)

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me
$35 for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or
some other way to type in something that will make the two programs
recognize each other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to
send me.

I'd be afraid your $35 might buy you the same information you've already
received here.

I did a search of Google groups and found nothing that hasn't already been
discussed here.

The only possible solution might be to acquire an older version of MS Works
from some source such as ebay and use it as the software to upgrade to Office
2000. You wouldn't need to install it, just insert the CD when Office 2000
asks for it but since OO is working for you, there's no reason to do that.

I did find one copy of Works 4.5 on ebay for $9.99 with $4.30 postage, that's
cheaper than paying the support charge... ;-)

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me
$35 for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or
some other way to type in something that will make the two programs
recognize each other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to
send me.

I'd be afraid your $35 might buy you the same information you've already
received here.

I did a search of Google groups and found nothing that hasn't already been
discussed here.

The only possible solution might be to acquire an older version of MS Works
from some source such as ebay and use it as the software to upgrade to Office
2000. You wouldn't need to install it, just insert the CD when Office 2000
asks for it but since OO is working for you, there's no reason to do that.

I did find one copy of Works 4.5 on ebay for $9.99 with $4.30 postage, that's
cheaper than paying the support charge... ;-)

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me
$35 for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or
some other way to type in something that will make the two programs
recognize each other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to
send me.

I'd be afraid your $35 might buy you the same information you've already
received here.

I did a search of Google groups and found nothing that hasn't already been
discussed here.

The only possible solution might be to acquire an older version of MS Works
from some source such as ebay and use it as the software to upgrade to Office
2000. You wouldn't need to install it, just insert the CD when Office 2000
asks for it but since OO is working for you, there's no reason to do that.

I did find one copy of Works 4.5 on ebay for $9.99 with $4.30 postage, that's
cheaper than paying the support charge... ;-)

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me
$35 for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or
some other way to type in something that will make the two programs
recognize each other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to
send me.

I'd be afraid your $35 might buy you the same information you've already
received here.

I did a search of Google groups and found nothing that hasn't already been
discussed here.

The only possible solution might be to acquire an older version of MS Works
from some source such as ebay and use it as the software to upgrade to Office
2000. You wouldn't need to install it, just insert the CD when Office 2000
asks for it but since OO is working for you, there's no reason to do that.

I did find one copy of Works 4.5 on ebay for $9.99 with $4.30 postage, that's
cheaper than paying the support charge... ;-)

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me
$35 for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or
some other way to type in something that will make the two programs
recognize each other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to
send me.

I'd be afraid your $35 might buy you the same information you've already
received here.

I did a search of Google groups and found nothing that hasn't already been
discussed here.

The only possible solution might be to acquire an older version of MS Works
from some source such as ebay and use it as the software to upgrade to Office
2000. You wouldn't need to install it, just insert the CD when Office 2000
asks for it but since OO is working for you, there's no reason to do that.

I did find one copy of Works 4.5 on ebay for $9.99 with $4.30 postage, that's
cheaper than paying the support charge... ;-)

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me
$35 for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or
some other way to type in something that will make the two programs
recognize each other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to
send me.

I'd be afraid your $35 might buy you the same information you've already
received here.

I did a search of Google groups and found nothing that hasn't already been
discussed here.

The only possible solution might be to acquire an older version of MS Works
from some source such as ebay and use it as the software to upgrade to Office
2000. You wouldn't need to install it, just insert the CD when Office 2000
asks for it but since OO is working for you, there's no reason to do that.

I did find one copy of Works 4.5 on ebay for $9.99 with $4.30 postage, that's
cheaper than paying the support charge... ;-)

 

[David R. Norton MVP]

Thanks. I guess I'm hoping that whatever Microsoft wants to charge me
$35 for is a piece of information (a key code, a patch to download or
some other way to type in something that will make the two programs
recognize each other) rather than a CD or something else they'd have to
send me.

I'd be afraid your $35 might buy you the same information you've already
received here.

I did a search of Google groups and found nothing that hasn't already been
discussed here.

The only possible solution might be to acquire an older version of MS Works
from some source such as ebay and use it as the software to upgrade to Office
2000. You wouldn't need to install it, just insert the CD when Office 2000
asks for it but since OO is working for you, there's no reason to do that.

I did find one copy of Works 4.5 on ebay for $9.99 with $4.30 postage, that's
cheaper than paying the support charge... ;-)