Which version Office?

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Ray19

I just purchased a new Dell "XPS" 420 Computer with Vista Extreme installed.
I need to decide which version of Office would be best for my use and most
economical.
Word will be the main program I will use. I would also like to use Outlook
with Word as its editor. I will have an occasional use for Excel and no use
for Access. I understand that some versions of Office include a program for
establishing a web site. Although I have no present plans for establishing a
web site it would be nice to have this ability in case I become interested.
I don't anticipate that any of the many other features of Office such as
Publisher, etc. would be useful to me.
I am somewhat confused by all the Office offerings and don't want to pay for
features I will never use -- if possible. additionally, I don't necessarily
have to have the most recent version of Office as long as it will work with
my Vista system.
Any advice at all will be appreciated.
 
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Tom [Pepper] Willett

Compare Microsoft Office 2007 Suites:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/FX101635841033.aspx

:I just purchased a new Dell "XPS" 420 Computer with Vista Extreme
installed.
: I need to decide which version of Office would be best for my use and
most
: economical.
: Word will be the main program I will use. I would also like to use Outlook
: with Word as its editor. I will have an occasional use for Excel and no
use
: for Access. I understand that some versions of Office include a program
for
: establishing a web site. Although I have no present plans for establishing
a
: web site it would be nice to have this ability in case I become
interested.
: I don't anticipate that any of the many other features of Office such as
: Publisher, etc. would be useful to me.
: I am somewhat confused by all the Office offerings and don't want to pay
for
: features I will never use -- if possible. additionally, I don't
necessarily
: have to have the most recent version of Office as long as it will work
with
: my Vista system.
: Any advice at all will be appreciated.
: --
: Ray19
 
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Ray19

Thanks for the helpful link.
Do you know which feature of Office contains the program(s) for establishing
a web site? Do you know whether Word can be used as an e-mail editor for
Outlook in any edition of Office? And finally, is any previous version of
Office XP compatible (usable) with my version of Vista which I need to
correct is Windows Vista Ultimate 2006?
Thanks for any furthur advice you might give me.
Ray19
 
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Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Ray,

MS Office Outlook 2007 has its own self contained Word 'clone' it uses for the email editor. It no longer uses Word.

MS Office Sharepoint Designer
http://office.microsoft.com/sharepointdesigner
is the Office family member that replaced FrontPage for Office related types of web work. MS Expression
http://microsoft.com/expression product family
is one of the more general web creation products. Neither one is included with any of the MS Office product suites, they're
standalone apps.

Office XP is generally compatible with Windows Vista except for a few quirks when using Outlook 2002.

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Thanks for the helpful link.
Do you know which feature of Office contains the program(s) for establishing
a web site? Do you know whether Word can be used as an e-mail editor for
Outlook in any edition of Office? And finally, is any previous version of
Office XP compatible (usable) with my version of Vista which I need to
correct is Windows Vista Ultimate 2006?
Thanks for any furthur advice you might give me.
Ray19 >>
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Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
 
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Ray19

Thanks Bob,

Your response is most helpful in educating me about office. Now I can make
an informed purchasing decision. I assume that the Word "clone" used by
Outlook 2007 has many of the same abilities as Word itself?
Keep up the good work!
 
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