Finding MS software; converting between Word Perfect & Wor..

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Office and Word are separate products from Windows XP. If this is a
new Dell PC, you may have WordPerfect installed. If you are
reinstalling the software from the Dell recovery/restore disks, you'll
need to find the CD's to reinstall the office-like application. With
my Dell I got WordPerfect, though getting MS Office was an option.

You can open WordPerfect files in Word and save them as Word files,
and vice versa. Good luck.

Brian Bygland

"Frustrated" <Frustrated@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8A72ED9-DFA9-451C-8390-5D25C05ACF0D@microsoft.com...
> I just installed my home Dell Dimension 4700 -- and can't seem to
find any MS
> Office or "Word" options on my "All Programs" drop-down. The system
is
> supposed to have Windows XP resident, but I'm not finding any of it.
Also, I
> want to be able to convert old Word Perfect files to Word -- and
vice versa,
> but have thus far been unsuccesaful in figuring out how to do it.
Thanks for
> your help.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

In news:F8A72ED9-DFA9-451C-8390-5D25C05ACF0D@microsoft.com,
Frustrated <Frustrated@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> I just installed my home Dell Dimension 4700 -- and can't seem
> to
> find any MS Office or "Word" options on my "All Programs"
> drop-down.


Did you order the computer with Microsoft Office?

Neither Windows XP, nor any other version of Windows, has ever
included Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, or any other
significant application software. Such programs have to be
bought, either by themselves or as part of Microsoft Office.

If your previous computer, running an older version of Windows,
came with these, it was because the vendor who sold them bundled
them as part of the package he sold you, not because that version
of Windows came with them. Some, but not all, vendors do the same
with Windows XP. With Dell, I believe it's an extra-cost option.



> The system is supposed to have Windows XP resident, but I'm not
> finding any of it.


You're finding Windows XP, but you're not finding Office. As I
said, they are two different things.


> Also, I want to be able to convert old Word
> Perfect files to Word -- and vice versa, but have thus far been
> unsuccesaful in figuring out how to do it. Thanks for your
> help.


In WordPerfect, use File | Save as and choose to save the file as
a Word Document. To read a Word file in WordPerfect, choose Open,
and thenm look for *.doc files. Once you've opened a .doc file,
you can save it as a .wpd file, thuis converting it to
WordPerfect.

You can do the same conversions in Word, but you have to choose
to install the filters to permit this when you install Word.

Note that conversions from one format to the other are usually
pretty successful if the document is a relatively simple one.
With complex documents, the results are sometimes terrible. If
you have trouble with the results, try it both ways: converting
from within Word and converting from within WordPerfect.
Sometimes one is better than the other.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Frustrated wrote:
> I just installed my home Dell Dimension 4700 -- and can't seem to find any MS
> Office or "Word" options on my "All Programs" drop-down. The system is
> supposed to have Windows XP resident, but I'm not finding any of it. Also, I
> want to be able to convert old Word Perfect files to Word -- and vice versa,
> but have thus far been unsuccesaful in figuring out how to do it. Thanks for
> your help.


The *operating system* is Windows XP. This has absolutely no bearing
on what additional applications you may or may not have installed.

Neither the Microsoft Office application suite, nor any of its
individual component applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,
Outlook, etc.), have _ever_ been "part" of *any* Windows operating
system. They are, and always have been, separate applications, that
must be purchased and installed separately.


--

Bruce Chambers

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