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can i sownload ms office 97 to my windows vista it came with works and i can not do alot of the same functions  Signaturemaria No, sorry, you need 2000 or better. (My 2003 works fine.) If you install 97 you are going to have file system permissions errors that won't let you do any more than Works would. You are stuck with upgrading to newer Office, or using Works (or 'open office' shareware, which is, in my opinion, no better than Works) Probably your cheapest path is going to be an 'upgrade from 97' copy of Word. Somewhere around $100 U.S. SignatureWas this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer Mark L. Ferguson . > can i sownload ms office 97 to my windows vista it came with works and i > can > not do alot of the same functions > No, sorry, you need 2000 or better. (My 2003 works fine.) If you install 97 > you are going to have file system permissions errors that won't let you do > any more than Works would. Really? Before I dumped Vista for all the other problems it has (I gave it a month) it ran my '97 Small Business Ed. apps (Word, Excel, Publisher) with no problems at all. There is an issue with patching up to SR-2, but the fix for that is here: http://bytes.com/forum/thread622173.html The only "older" app I had trouble with (installed separately) was Outlook 2000, and there's lots of stuff on the 'net you can Google for on ways around most of the issues there. Don't give up on '97, later versions add NOTHING of value, just useless bloat. '97 runs like lightning on newer machines due to it's smaller footprint. > You are stuck with upgrading to newer Office, or > using Works (or 'open office' shareware, which is, in my opinion, no better [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > can > > not do alot of the same functions Then perhaps take a look here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us SignaturePeter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >> No, sorry, you need 2000 or better. (My 2003 works fine.) If you install 97 >> you are going to have file system permissions errors that won't let you do [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> > can >> > not do alot of the same functions So MS says that you need to buy new software just to run it on Vista. Big woop. Should that be a surprise given that they are in the business of selling software ? I know some of you fanboys here think MS is God, cower and grovel before them and scrupulously follow their every directive, but some of us don't. I'm saying that it runs fine. Go ahead and just stay inside your MS box and don't think for yourself. Your choice. Then perhaps take a look here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087/en-us SignaturePeter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >> No, sorry, you need 2000 or better. (My 2003 works fine.) If you install 97 >> you are going to have file system permissions errors that won't let you do [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> > can >> > not do alot of the same functions No, ms office 97 won't work. Office 2003 or newer is the safest choice if you want everything to work. But you could allways try Openoffice 2.4 which is equvalent to ms office 2000/XP in functions. http://www.openoffice.org/ > can i sownload ms office 97 to my windows vista it came with works and i > can > not do alot of the same functions > can i sownload ms office 97 to my windows vista it came with works and i > can not do alot of the same functions Suggest you try OpenOffice.org instead. It will probably do all you need - it's highly compatible with MS Office and imports/exports MS Office file formats. > can i sownload ms office 97 to my windows vista it came with works and i can > not do alot of the same functions Office 97 runs fine on Vista. A minor issue with the service packs and the fonts is easily overcome. SignatureChris Game ".NET...helps developers deliver a deep and compelling user experience..." MSFT web-site i downloaded it but the help tool dose not work Signaturemaria > > can i sownload ms office 97 to my windows vista it came with works and i can > > not do alot of the same functions > > Office 97 runs fine on Vista. > A minor issue with the service packs and the fonts is easily > overcome. Maria: The term is "I installed it", not "I downloaded it". Downloading implies that you got the copy off the Internet. That you cannot do. If you have a copy, on disk or on your drive, then you "install" it. You will get less negative comments if you learn the terms we use. |i downloaded it but the help tool dose not work | [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | > A minor issue with the service packs and the fonts is easily | > overcome. well excuse me!!! i am new at this Signaturemaria > Maria: The term is "I installed it", not "I downloaded it". Downloading implies that you got the > copy off the Internet. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > | > A minor issue with the service packs and the fonts is easily > | > overcome. I assumed you were new. If you continued to use "download", someone was going to jump you and tell you that you cannot download Office. I did not mean to be-little you, only help you with terms. | well excuse me!!! i am new at this | [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] | > | > A minor issue with the service packs and the fonts is easily | > | > overcome. >well excuse me!!! i am new at this New to capitalizing as well? <g> whats that suppose to mean? Signaturemaria > >well excuse me!!! i am new at this > > New to capitalizing as well? <g> Have you installed it? Double click on the file you've just downloaded and the installer will take care of the rest. >i downloaded it but the help tool dose not work > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> A minor issue with the service packs and the fonts is easily >> overcome. Why don;t you see if the free version of OpenOffice.org will work on vista. It works great on other versions of Windows and is much better and more efficient than Office97 > can i sownload ms office 97 to my windows vista it came with works and i can > not do alot of the same functions It works great on other versions of Windows and is much better > and more efficient than Office97 Bullshit! The world run on MS Office. Frank |
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