does XP home include Microsoft WORD?

[1eyedjak]

I need MS WORD & I do not want to buy WORKS SUITE 5.0 just to get WORD.

It is for my wife and I must get WORD. I would get more use out of XP Upgrade from my W2K PRO for the same cost.

WORKS 5.0 $99
XP HOME Upgrade $99

just need to know if XP has WORD built in.

thanks'

Mike

[Syx]

If by WORD you mean Word Processor(that comes in works), then no it does not.

[bchur83]

No, Microsoft Word is a seperate Application. I don't think that you can buy it on its own though.

[dicecca112]

and works does not contain microsoft word, you need to by office to get Microsoft word.

[fabulouscoops]

No, It is not in XP and it is not in MS works. You must get Microsoft Office. You might be able to get a good deal on Ebay for an older version if you do not have XP now.

There is an alternative that is open source and free that looks a lot like MS Office called Openoffice. Check it out at openoffice.org

[ALPINE4LIFE]

you can get word by itself but its going to cost you about $100 retail.

[1eyedjak]

yes I know about the other program but my wife needs MS WORD for school rightn now and I dont really want to pay $100 if I dont have to.

it is also in WORKS SUITE 5.0 according to the box.

thanks

[Knivez]

Why does she NEED MS word. Abiword is better than it and completely free.

[1eyedjak]

becaue she has work to do at home online that uses the MS WORD ****. unless these other programs will allow her to do her assignments and whatever then anything else is useless.

I dont know. I need to ask her more but at the moment I am going by what she told me her freaking teacher told her.

this is for nursing school BTW

[stan03]

word can be purchased seperately
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000BZ54V/qid=1099712423/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/102-7498190-0270525?v=glance&s=software&n=507846

but i believe MS works 5.0 does come with a full version an is only 100 dollars.

[JigPu]

What do her assignments consist of? If it's something like "How to use Word 101" or something, then obviously OpenOffice or Abiword won't help her much. If it's something that she needs so that she can type up stuff as homework or something, then any of the alternatives listed will work fine.

If Word is absolutely needed, you can buy it like others have said. If not, you can download a (free) alternative which will open and save Word documents. See if you can get any more info from the teacher or your wife about what she's going to be doing with it.

JigPu

[jajmon]

Open Office Org can save as/read-open MS Word documents - nuff said

[CrystalMethod]

Just to lay any doubts to rest about what is contained in MS Works.

http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=001

Word 2002 is in there. As far as I know it's the only product from the office suite that's in there.

[TheGreySpectre]

just get openoffice from openoffice.org, i own normal ms office and i use open office instead

[Foxie3a]

You can still use Office XP if you are on Win98 for example, I used to do it. Now I have Win XP Pro, with Office 2003Pro, and it works. There are just a few more features if you have a later OS, but they grey them out I think, correct me if I'm wrong, its been a while.

[crull]

You might want to tell your wife to look into software discounts because she is a student. Microsoft as well as Adobe offer special college discounts for a lot of their software. I know someone who got some major discounts buying software because they were a student. It would be worth looking in to.