What is the difference between office and word?

[educational asistant]

I got a 60 day trial of microsoft office. I seem to have word on my computer
as part of windows. Will I still have word after the trial is done? Do I need
to buy the office software? I know it must seem like a dumb question! I am
wondering is word a program which is part of office? Thanks

 

[Pete]

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I got a 60 day trial of microsoft office. I seem to have word on my
computer
as part of windows. Will I still have word after the trial is done? Do I
need
to buy the office software? I know it must seem like a dumb question! I am
wondering is word a program which is part of office? Thanks

Yes, yes, MS Word is part of Office.
Suggest you try Open Office which is free, compatible with Office, and
incredibly still free:
http://www.openoffice.org/

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

MS Windows Wordpad is the minimally featured word processor that ships with Windows. MS Word ships as part of either MS Office or
as part of MS Works Suite. If it's part of MS Works Suite it would be Word 2002 rather than Word 2003.

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I got a 60 day trial of microsoft office. I seem to have word on my computer
as part of windows. Will I still have word after the trial is done? Do I need
to buy the office software? I know it must seem like a dumb question! I am
wondering is word a program which is part of office? Thanks >>
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office2007/default.mspx#booksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net

 

[Rae Drysdale]

Word is not part of Windows. It is one of the program is Microsoft Office. If
you have Microsoft Works, which is often installed on new machines, you will
have a version of Word. If you are going to buy Office, look around, there
are many different prices and also different programs within Office. Don't
buy more than you need. If you are a student, a teacher or a parent of a
child at school, you should be able to buy the student/teacher edition for
£99 or so. This includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook. 2007 version
will be out in January and you can download a free beta version that will
expire then. Does this answer your question?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Office is a collection of various computer programs. There are several
different versions of Office and the version you need depends on the
programs you want.

After your trial expires, you will have viewers. You will not be able to
create or edit anything - just look at them. If you decide you want Office,
I suggest you get your version from Amazon.com. Great prices. And yes, you
should uninstall the trial version before you install a full version.

 

[James Silverton]

Hello, Pete!
You wrote on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:40:02 GMT:

P> I have to say, Open Office is the better deal:
P> http://www.openoffice.org/
P> -Pete

Persistent aren't you? Zero cost is a much better financial
deal, of course, and I rather like Open Office but it does not
have all the features of Microsoft Office. It's got its own
different foibles too!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

 

[Pete]

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Persistent aren't you? Zero cost is a much better financial deal, of
course, and I rather like Open Office but it does not have all the
features of Microsoft Office. It's got its own different foibles too!

True.