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"Miss V" |
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11 Sep 2003 01:49:19 PM |
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Computer Whizzes again |
Hi, it's me again, still creeping slowly into the modern world. I have
an older computer with Windows 95 and I'm using it to write a novel. I
don't have a printer so a friend of mine in another state is going to
do that for me. Problem is that our systems are not compatible. I just
have WordPad and she has Word 6. I'm wanting a free download of Word 6
that would be compatible with Windows 95 but haven't been able to find
it. I keep searching but all I have found are updates if you already
have it, or converters and patches and other thingys to add to it. Do
any of you know where I can get it?
Thanks in advance,
Miss V
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| User: "Alun Harford" |
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| Title: Re: Computer Whizzes again |
11 Sep 2003 03:37:21 PM |
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"Miss V" <cptauntvicki@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:250bbb44.0309111049.23236551@posting.google.com...
Hi, it's me again, still creeping slowly into the modern world. I have
an older computer with Windows 95 and I'm using it to write a novel. I
don't have a printer so a friend of mine in another state is going to
do that for me. Problem is that our systems are not compatible. I just
have WordPad and she has Word 6. I'm wanting a free download of Word 6
that would be compatible with Windows 95 but haven't been able to find
it. I keep searching but all I have found are updates if you already
have it, or converters and patches and other thingys to add to it. Do
any of you know where I can get it?
Thanks in advance,
Miss V
Save your file as "Rich Text File".
Give them that
Alun Harford
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| User: "Olrik" |
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| Title: Re: Computer Whizzes again |
11 Sep 2003 09:54:27 PM |
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Miss V wrote:
Hi, it's me again, still creeping slowly into the modern world. I have
an older computer with Windows 95 and I'm using it to write a novel. I
don't have a printer so a friend of mine in another state is going to
do that for me. Problem is that our systems are not compatible. I just
have WordPad and she has Word 6. I'm wanting a free download of Word 6
that would be compatible with Windows 95 but haven't been able to find
it. I keep searching but all I have found are updates if you already
have it, or converters and patches and other thingys to add to it. Do
any of you know where I can get it?
Thanks in advance,
Miss V
For something more advanced, you could both download OpenOffice. It's
completely free.
http://www.openoffice.org/
--
Olrik
aa #1981
Qualified SMASH member
EAC Chief Food Inspector, Bacon Division
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| User: "EvilAllahtm" |
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| Title: Re: Computer Whizzes again |
11 Sep 2003 09:05:00 PM |
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Miss V wrote:
Hi, it's me again, still creeping slowly into the modern world. I have
an older computer with Windows 95 and I'm using it to write a novel. I
don't have a printer so a friend of mine in another state is going to
do that for me. Problem is that our systems are not compatible. I just
have WordPad and she has Word 6. I'm wanting a free download of Word 6
that would be compatible with Windows 95 but haven't been able to find
it. I keep searching but all I have found are updates if you already
have it, or converters and patches and other thingys to add to it. Do
any of you know where I can get it?
Thanks in advance,
Miss V
openoffice.org
I know this is off topic, but I'm bound by faith to spread the good word
of open source software :)
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| User: "J Forbes" |
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| Title: Re: Computer Whizzes again |
11 Sep 2003 03:15:20 PM |
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Miss V wrote:
Hi, it's me again, still creeping slowly into the modern world. I have
an older computer with Windows 95 and I'm using it to write a novel. I
don't have a printer so a friend of mine in another state is going to
do that for me. Problem is that our systems are not compatible. I just
have WordPad and she has Word 6. I'm wanting a free download of Word 6
that would be compatible with Windows 95 but haven't been able to find
it. I keep searching but all I have found are updates if you already
have it, or converters and patches and other thingys to add to it. Do
any of you know where I can get it?
Thanks in advance,
Miss V
she should be able to open wordpad documents in word 6.
But you cannot open all word 6 documents with wordpad! (and you don't
need to).
Send her some stuff you've typed in wordpad, and see if she can print it.
(wordpad that comes with windows 95 has an option to save documents as
"word 6 for windows" format)
--
Jim
Visit the Selectric Typewriter Museum!
http://www.mindspring.com/~jforbes2
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| User: "Mekkala" |
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| Title: Re: Computer Whizzes again |
11 Sep 2003 04:29:55 PM |
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On 11 Sep 2003, J Forbes <jforbspam@fastmail.fm> screwed up his face,
groaned, pushed hard, and farted out the following message in
news:sJ48b.8423$PE6.4582@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net:
Miss V wrote:
Hi, it's me again, still creeping slowly into the modern world. I
have
an older computer with Windows 95 and I'm using it to write a novel.
I
don't have a printer so a friend of mine in another state is going to
do that for me. Problem is that our systems are not compatible. I
just
have WordPad and she has Word 6. I'm wanting a free download of Word
6
that would be compatible with Windows 95 but haven't been able to
find
it. I keep searching but all I have found are updates if you already
have it, or converters and patches and other thingys to add to it. Do
any of you know where I can get it?
Thanks in advance,
Miss V
she should be able to open wordpad documents in word 6.
But you cannot open all word 6 documents with wordpad! (and you don't
need to).
No, not all, but you can easily save a document in RTF format using Word
6.0, and Wordpad can open that. So really, it doesn't matter either
way. The two programs are compatible enough that there should be no
problems.
--
Mekkala, Atheist #2148
"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly
realized I was talking to myself!"
--Peter O'Toole.
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| User: "Mekkala" |
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| Title: Re: Computer Whizzes again |
11 Sep 2003 04:28:25 PM |
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On 11 Sep 2003, (Miss V) screwed up his face,
groaned, pushed hard, and farted out the following message in
news:250bbb44.0309111049.23236551@posting.google.com:
Hi, it's me again, still creeping slowly into the modern world. I have
an older computer with Windows 95 and I'm using it to write a novel. I
don't have a printer so a friend of mine in another state is going to
do that for me. Problem is that our systems are not compatible. I just
have WordPad and she has Word 6. I'm wanting a free download of Word 6
that would be compatible with Windows 95 but haven't been able to find
it. I keep searching but all I have found are updates if you already
have it, or converters and patches and other thingys to add to it. Do
any of you know where I can get it?
Thanks in advance,
Miss V
Microsoft Word will open files made in Wordpad. Just save it in RTF
format. I take it you haven't tested it, or you would already know
this.
--
Mekkala, Atheist #2148
"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly
realized I was talking to myself!"
--Peter O'Toole.
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| User: "Fear gan dia" |
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| Title: Re: Computer Whizzes again |
11 Sep 2003 02:57:50 PM |
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Verily verily I say unto you, it is written by (Miss V)
in <250bbb44.0309111049.23236551@posting.google.com>:
# Hi, it's me again, still creeping slowly into the modern world. I have
# an older computer with Windows 95 and I'm using it to write a novel. I
# don't have a printer so a friend of mine in another state is going to
# do that for me. Problem is that our systems are not compatible. I just
# have WordPad and she has Word 6. I'm wanting a free download of Word 6
# that would be compatible with Windows 95 but haven't been able to find
# it. I keep searching but all I have found are updates if you already
# have it, or converters and patches and other thingys to add to it. Do
# any of you know where I can get it?
# Thanks in advance,
# Miss V
You are not going to find a (legal) free version of Word 6
anywhere, even if it is compatible with Win95, which I'm not
sure of offhand. Just a suggestion: install Linux on your
machine. It works fine on older machines and you don't even
have to get rid of Winduhs 95 - you can have a dual boot setup.
Every time you boot up the machine, it will ask you whether
you want Windows or Linux. Get hold of Red Hat 7.2 or later,
it is easy to install and it comes with AbiWord or you can
get StarOffice - both of them allow you to create Word-
compatible files.
--
Fear gan dia ### http://goddamliberal.blogspot.com
Director, EAC Division for Leaving the Toilet Seat up.
-No God for Ireland! he cried. We have had too much
God in Ireland. Away with God!
-James Joyce, _A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man_
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| User: "Dave W" |
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| Title: Re: Computer Whizzes again |
11 Sep 2003 06:10:25 PM |
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"Fear gan dia" <hllhdbhxlnxx@lsbnqrnlttxb.com> wrote in
news:3f60d3be.002@lsbnqrnlttxb.com:
Verily verily I say unto you, it is written by
cptauntvicki@hotmail.com (Miss V) in
<250bbb44.0309111049.23236551@posting.google.com>:
# Hi, it's me again, still creeping slowly into the modern world. I
have # an older computer with Windows 95 and I'm using it to write a
novel. I # don't have a printer so a friend of mine in another state
is going to # do that for me. Problem is that our systems are not
compatible. I just # have WordPad and she has Word 6. I'm wanting a
free download of Word 6 # that would be compatible with Windows 95 but
haven't been able to find # it. I keep searching but all I have found
are updates if you already # have it, or converters and patches and
other thingys to add to it. Do # any of you know where I can get it?
# Thanks in advance,
# Miss V
You are not going to find a (legal) free version of Word 6
anywhere, even if it is compatible with Win95, which I'm not
sure of offhand. Just a suggestion: install Linux on your
machine. It works fine on older machines and you don't even
have to get rid of Winduhs 95 - you can have a dual boot setup.
Every time you boot up the machine, it will ask you whether
you want Windows or Linux. Get hold of Red Hat 7.2 or later,
it is easy to install and it comes with AbiWord or you can
get StarOffice - both of them allow you to create Word-
compatible files.
I don't know how it will run on a win95 machine(assuming it is similarly
aged) but Open Office is a pretty good free bundle.
--
Dave W a.a.#1967
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