I ruined my Word CD...

[Guest Adela]

[MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;

385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;

WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

 

I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

 

I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented to

send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't have

any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have

WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I

have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

 

"Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

news:%23Ar1h8RFJHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;

> 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;

> WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

>

> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>

> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented

> to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't

> have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have

> WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I

> have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

 

I assume your question is "Where to get a CD from?". A much better place to

ask this question would be an MS Word newsgroup, and instead of posting lots

of not very relevant details about your PC, you should post the version of

Word you're using.

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

The date and time was 9/12/2008 2:33 PM, and on a whim, Adela pounded

out on the keyboard:

> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;

> 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;

> WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

>

> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>

> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented to

> send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't have

> any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have

> WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I

> have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

>

>

 

Hi Adela,

 

That's great, MS said they'd send you another one for free but OOPS! we

don't have any.

 

Depending on the complexity of your documents, you could install Open

Office which provides pretty good compatibility with Word. And it's free.

http://www.openoffice.org\

 

 

WP is a great word processor, but since you have version 8 (they are up

to 14 now), Word compatibility is minimal at best. I still use WP11.

 

--

Terry R.

 

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[Guest JS]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

 

I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word files.

 

JS

 

"Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

news:%23Ar1h8RFJHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;

> 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;

> WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

>

> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>

> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented

> to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't

> have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have

> WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I

> have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

>

[Guest Adela]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

Oh thank you Pegasus, do you happen to have the link to the MS Word

newsgroup? And thansk for reminding me to indicate the version (which I'll

have to get it from Belarc as I don't remember it). Adela

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

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>

> "Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

> news:%23Ar1h8RFJHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;

>> 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;

>> WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

>>

>> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>>

>> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented

>> to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't

>> have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have

>> WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I

>> have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

>

> I assume your question is "Where to get a CD from?". A much better place

> to ask this question would be an MS Word newsgroup, and instead of posting

> lots of not very relevant details about your PC, you should post the

> version of Word you're using.

>

[Guest Adela]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

Thank you Terry, maybe I will use the Open Office and import My Word stuff

in order to save it. Other than this, I won't be bothering with Word.

 

As to MS willing to send me the CD I do believe them because they did send

me the WinXP Home Version when something happened (too long a story for

here - someone cheated me and they were able to catch him after I reported

him). :o) Thanks again!

 

 

 

 

"Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

news:eb$uKLSFJHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> The date and time was 9/12/2008 2:33 PM, and on a whim, Adela pounded out

> on the keyboard:

>

>> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;

>> 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;

>> WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

>>

>> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>>

>> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented

>> to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't

>> have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have

>> WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I

>> have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

>

> Hi Adela,

>

> That's great, MS said they'd send you another one for free but OOPS! we

> don't have any.

>

> Depending on the complexity of your documents, you could install Open

> Office which provides pretty good compatibility with Word. And it's free.

> http://www.openoffice.org\

>

>

> WP is a great word processor, but since you have version 8 (they are up to

> 14 now), Word compatibility is minimal at best. I still use WP11.

>

> --

> Terry R.

>

> ***Reply Note***

> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.

> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

[Guest Adela]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

Thank you JS, great idea1 I'll use Open Office in order to import and save

my Word stuff. :o) Adela

 

"JS" <@> wrote in message news:%2391cpNSFJHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

>

> I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word files.

>

> JS

>

> "Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

> news:%23Ar1h8RFJHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;

>> 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;

>> WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

>>

>> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>>

>> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had consented

>> to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it and didn't

>> have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word since I have

>> WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I

>> have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much! Adela

>>

>

>

[Guest Doug W.]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

My Word Perfect 12 reads Word files. Try loading some of your

Word files with Word Perfect and see what happens. Otherwise

Open Office is a good alternative.

 

Doug W.

-

 

"Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

news:u1CUJySFJHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Thank you JS, great idea1 I'll use Open Office in order to

> import and save my Word stuff. :o) Adela

>

> "JS" <@> wrote in message

> news:%2391cpNSFJHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

>>

>> I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word

>> files.

>>

>> JS

>>

>> "Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

>> news:%23Ar1h8RFJHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz

>>> Pentium III;

>>> 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware;

>>> cable modem;

>>> WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows

>>> Media Player].

>>>

>>> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>>>

>>> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft

>>> had consented to send me another one for free...except they

>>> discontinued it and didn't have any left to send me. I

>>> don't mind being without Word since I have WordPerfect8 as

>>> word processor; but I seriously worry about losing what I

>>> have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much!

>>> Adela

>>>

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Adela]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

Thank you Doug, I wish my WP8 did that, but it just refuses even my pasting

on it something that I copied in Word when I had it. But I'll try the Open

Office. :o) Adela

 

"Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message

news:ugbLJ8SFJHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> My Word Perfect 12 reads Word files. Try loading some of your Word files

> with Word Perfect and see what happens. Otherwise Open Office is a good

> alternative.

>

> Doug W.

> -

>

> "Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

> news:u1CUJySFJHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Thank you JS, great idea1 I'll use Open Office in order to import and

>> save my Word stuff. :o) Adela

>>

>> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:%2391cpNSFJHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

>>>

>>> I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word files.

>>>

>>> JS

>>>

>>> "Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

>>> news:%23Ar1h8RFJHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium

>>>> III;

>>>> 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;

>>>> WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media

>>>> Player].

>>>>

>>>> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>>>>

>>>> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had

>>>> consented to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it

>>>> and didn't have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word

>>>> since I have WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry

>>>> about losing what I have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so

>>>> much! Adela

>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>

[Guest JS]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

You're welcome.

 

JS

http://www.pagestart.com

 

 

"Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

news:u1CUJySFJHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Thank you JS, great idea1 I'll use Open Office in order to import and

> save my Word stuff. :o) Adela

>

> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:%2391cpNSFJHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

>>

>> I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word files.

>>

>> JS

>>

>> "Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

>> news:%23Ar1h8RFJHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium III;

>>> 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;

>>> WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media Player].

>>>

>>> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>>>

>>> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had

>>> consented to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it

>>> and didn't have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word

>>> since I have WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry about

>>> losing what I have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so much!

>>> Adela

>>>

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest MAP]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

Adela wrote:

> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium

> III; 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable

> modem; WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows

> Media Player].

> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>

> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had

> consented to send me another one for free...except they discontinued

> it and didn't have any left to send me. I don't mind being without

> Word since I have WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously

> worry about losing what I have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks

> ever so much! Adela

 

Just to add to what others have already said...it is perfectly legal to make

a copy of important cd's such as word.This way you will always have a

backup.

 

--

Mike Pawlak

[Guest Adela]

Re: I ruined my Word CD...

 

thanks very much Doug, but my Word Perfect is only 8 and it didn't accept

anything from Word... I'll try Open Office. Thanks again. Adela

 

"Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message

news:ugbLJ8SFJHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> My Word Perfect 12 reads Word files. Try loading some of your Word files

> with Word Perfect and see what happens. Otherwise Open Office is a good

> alternative.

>

> Doug W.

> -

>

> "Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

> news:u1CUJySFJHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Thank you JS, great idea1 I'll use Open Office in order to import and

>> save my Word stuff. :o) Adela

>>

>> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:%2391cpNSFJHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Open Office: http://www.openoffice.org/

>>>

>>> I don't use it but it should be able to import your MS Word files.

>>>

>>> JS

>>>

>>> "Adela" <nuevadela2@rcn.com> wrote in message

>>> news:%23Ar1h8RFJHA.224@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>> [MS WinXP Home SP2; OE 6; IE 6; Dell Dimension XPS T450MHz Pentium

>>>> III;

>>>> 385MB RAM; AVG Free Version 7.5.503; spybot S&D; ad-aware; cable modem;

>>>> WordPerfect8; Lexmark Laser printer "Optra E310"; Windows Media

>>>> Player].

>>>>

>>>> I hope this is the correct forum for my question?

>>>>

>>>> I accidentally ruined my Word CD and miraculously Microsoft had

>>>> consented to send me another one for free...except they discontinued it

>>>> and didn't have any left to send me. I don't mind being without Word

>>>> since I have WordPerfect8 as word processor; but I seriously worry

>>>> about losing what I have in Word. Any suggestions? Thanks ever so

>>>> much! Adela

>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>