I just bought a new laptop today. It came with microsoft windows xp already installed. I have looked for worg processing components on it and have only been able to find "wordpad." This is fine for my use as a student, but I cannot find a spellchecker, dictionary ect. . . Does my version not come with microsoft word? If not is there a way I can spell check etc. . my documents in wordpad? Or do I nee to nuy some other type of software? Thank you.
2006-09-15 10:15:39 · 14 answers · asked by yummymummy 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Office, which includes Word and the spell checker is a seperate package of software from XP.
Open Office is available for free from openoffice.org
It will create, open, and edit Word docs, or any other Microsoft file type.
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2006-09-15 10:19:21 · answer #1 · answered by hlsj_99 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft XP is a standalone Software. It is the Operating System necessary to make your Laptop computer Work.
Normally you may have Windows XP installed and then the Laptop Vendor at his own prerogative or at your request may install Microsoft Office ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access FrontPage etc. belong in here.) on your Laptop.
It is not necessary that just because you bought a brand new Laptop it has to come installed with Microsoft Office as well. Surely some kind of Office should have been installed. You should ask your Laptop Vendor as to what happened.
It is possible that the vendor did not install Office Program because he would have to buy it separately as office Suite too, is a stand-alone Program.
It is also a possibility that there is some version of Office installed on your Laptop and that the Vendor just did not create an Icon for it on the desktop. Do a ' search ' within your laptop and see if it has Corel WordPerfect or some such version of Word ( and other such programs ) are installed.
2006-09-15 10:27:00 · answer #2 · answered by ArnieSchivaSchangaran 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SP2 means Service Pack 2. The service packs include some patches or upgrades to the original version of Windows (any versions). SP2 is the latest version so far. It helps in fixing some security flaws in the original version of the operating system and/or add additional facility or just make the operating system works faster (slightly). More information : A service pack (in short SP) is a collection of updates, fixes and/or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package. Many companies, such as Microsoft or Autodesk, typically release a service pack when the number of individual patches to a given program reaches a certain (arbitrary) limit. Installing a service pack is easier and less error-prone than installing a high number of patches individually, even more so when updating multiple computers over a network. Service packs are usually numbered, and thus shortly referred to as SP1, SP2 etc.It is notable however that they may bring, besides bug fixes, entirely new features, as is the case for instance with the SP2 of Windows XP. Hope this helps
2016-03-27 03:13:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming your laptop came with some pre-installed software, check for Microsoft Works Suite or WordPerfect first. Not all vendors install Microsoft Word.
If you really don't have anything, then try downloading OpenOffice like others have suggested. Very good program and it is free! I would only download it if you have a broadband internet connection because it is a very large file. If you don't have broadband, go to the website below and order it on CD-ROM.
2006-09-15 11:42:20 · answer #4 · answered by rrasm2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Word is something you need to buy separately if you particularly want it although there is an alternative office suite written and provided by Sun Microsystems that supports Word documents. There's equivalents of all the Microsoft Office programs in there for free. You can download it here -
http://www.openoffice.org
2006-09-15 10:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wordpad is nothing more than a typewriter. No features, usually used for writing code.
Get Microsoft Word. They have special student pricing, look online, check office depot, or your college's store.
2006-09-15 10:22:39 · answer #6 · answered by Mazz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Give Open Office a try. It's 100% free and open source software. An entire office suite. Available at:
http://www.openoffice.org/
2006-09-15 10:36:58 · answer #7 · answered by jibberjabar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you look in All Programs to make sure it don't have Microsoft Works installed? Most new computers comes with that program already installed
2006-09-15 10:20:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Email justike928@yahoo.com This guy has a weekly newsletter with great software bargains. Last week he had Office XP ( academic) for around thirty dollars.
2006-09-15 13:35:44 · answer #9 · answered by alcavy609 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might have Microsoft Works - a lite office package. If it doesn't, you can download OpenOffice www.openoffice.org It's free and very good.
2006-09-15 10:19:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋