Yes, you would need Office to have Outlook and Powerpoint. An alternative to
PowerPoint (not sure if it has an Outlook client) is part of OpenOffice, a
free alternative to MS Office.
Although, Office 2007 was released the same time as Vista and works great
with it.
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"vals1947" <vals1947@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I enjoy my retirement and just use the computer for fun. I am disappointed
> that Outlook is not installed on my Vista Home Premium and I can't look at
> pictures on PowerPoint. Do I need Office or is there something else I
> should
> be looking at.