Vista - Word docs in Vista

Just purchased a new HP system loaded with Windows Vista snd I can't import
and read my old Word documents. Do I need to download Word software? Who
wadda thunk?

/disgusted/ said:

> Just purchased a new HP system loaded with Windows Vista and I can't import
> and read my old Word documents. Do I need to download Word software? Who
> wadda thunk?

Of course. WORD is a separate, retail application. However, there is a
free Word VIEWER available, and there is other software on the Net that
can read that file type.

http://OFFICE.MICROSOFT.COM/search/r...EC010331121033

If you want to be at least able to read your Word docs, Microsoft offers
free viewers for most of its Office suite.

The viewer for Word can be downloaded at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891090/en-us

Alan


"disgusted" <disgusted@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D6E15A3-403B-4673-837D-C274963983AD@microsoft.com...
> Just purchased a new HP system loaded with Windows Vista snd I can't
> import
> and read my old Word documents. Do I need to download Word software? Who
> wadda thunk?

Did you get WORD on your new system? Do you know that WORD isn't part of
Vista, but it's a seperate program?

You can get a word viewer if you wish, take a look at the other posts.

"disgusted" <disgusted@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D6E15A3-403B-4673-837D-C274963983AD@microsoft.com...
> Just purchased a new HP system loaded with Windows Vista snd I can't
> import
> and read my old Word documents. Do I need to download Word software? Who
> wadda thunk?
>

I know that Dell used to include Corel WordPerfect on many of their PCs. I'm
not sure if HE-UP does the same. However if your machine did come with
WordPerfect, there is a built-in converter that allows you to open Word
documents and, if you want, edit these documents.

Alan

"disgusted" <disgusted@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D6E15A3-403B-4673-837D-C274963983AD@microsoft.com...
> Just purchased a new HP system loaded with Windows Vista snd I can't
> import
> and read my old Word documents. Do I need to download Word software? Who
> wadda thunk?

You can use the free Openoffice at www.openoffice.org which runs fine in
Vista.

"disgusted" <disgusted@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D6E15A3-403B-4673-837D-C274963983AD@microsoft.com...
> Just purchased a new HP system loaded with Windows Vista snd I can't
> import
> and read my old Word documents. Do I need to download Word software? Who
> wadda thunk?

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:48:15 -0800, disgusted wrote:

> Just purchased a new HP system loaded with Windows Vista snd I can't import
> and read my old Word documents. Do I need to download Word software? Who
> wadda thunk?

You might try OpenOffice.org instead.

Appreciate all the responses. Guess I should sign in as "Ignorant" instead
of "Disgusted." I'll give Openoffice a try.

"Richard" wrote:

> You can use the free Openoffice at www.openoffice.org which runs fine in
> Vista.
>
> "disgusted" <disgusted@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4D6E15A3-403B-4673-837D-C274963983AD@microsoft.com...
> > Just purchased a new HP system loaded with Windows Vista snd I can't
> > import
> > and read my old Word documents. Do I need to download Word software? Who
> > wadda thunk?
>