I'm not David, but I was going to suggest the same thing. If you're just wanting to read some Word documents, give it a go. You certainly can read those done in earlier versions of Word. (I think that if you write in them you won't get all of the formatting of Word, but I've not had any trouble reading them.) -- Carol carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mandy" <manumandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 6:01 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Can Anybody Tell Me? > Hi David. > > Can you read documents saved in Word with Wordpad? I will probably end up > reinstalling Office. > > Mandy. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David W Wood" <g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 4:16 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Can Anybody Tell Me? > > > Mandy: > > Try using Wordpad. > > Go to the start menu > Run > Wordpad (enter) > > This may sort you out. > > Don't even bother with works! > > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mandy > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 8:08 AM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Can Anybody Tell Me? > > Because I am constantly tempted to use Outlook and because > this laptop didn't come with Office I have removed it > please, does anybody use Microsoft Works and find it > adequate? Which part should I use to read documents saved > in word and, if I save something using Microsoft Works which > format should I save in and will someone using Word be able > to open an attachment I send them? i know there are tips on > "getting started" and I will look I just thought someone > might be able to tell me. > It seems daft to me that the computers these days don't come > with Microsoft Word that's available only in Office isn't it > or can I get it somewhere else? Surely there must be a > viable alternative. > Mandy. > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > link:- > ** > [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on > the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq