xp and old office question

Windows XP >> xp and old office question I bought an old unopened version office95 years ago and now my son needs a
word processor on his pc. He doesn't have an internet connection so download
abiword or open office isn't a solution. I was wondering if I could load the
office 95 (or just word) on his xp machine ??
thanks

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Windows XP >> xp and old office question ljmace1953 wrote:

> I bought an old unopened version office95 years ago and now my son
> needs a word processor on his pc. He doesn't have an internet
> connection so download abiword or open office isn't a solution. I was
> wondering if I could load the office 95 (or just word) on his xp
> machine ?? thanks

I think you mean Office 97? Wasn't Office 95 Mac-only? Why not just have
a friend download OpenOffice for you and burn to cd?

Malke
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Windows XP >> xp and old office question Older versions of office work fine on XP. If he doesn't have internet access
than it won't prompt him for any updates :-)

Windows XP >> xp and old office question Wally U wrote:

> Older versions of office work fine on XP. If he doesn't have internet
> access than it won't prompt him for any updates :-)

Neither would OO, but whatever works - I was just making another
suggestion.

Malke
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Windows XP >> xp and old office question ljmace1953 wrote:
> I bought an old unopened version office95 years ago and now my son needs a
> word processor on his pc. He doesn't have an internet connection so download
> abiword or open office isn't a solution. I was wondering if I could load the
> office 95 (or just word) on his xp machine ??
> thanks

It'll install and work, although some of the bullets in Word have been
reported to be problematic. (They don't look quite right, from what I
understood.)

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Windows XP >> xp and old office question Malke wrote:
>
>
> I think you mean Office 97? Wasn't Office 95 Mac-only? Why not just have
> a friend download OpenOffice for you and burn to cd?
>
> Malke

No, it was Office 98 that was designed exclusively for the MAC. And,
just for the trivially minded, the full, "proper" name for "Office 95"
was actually "Office for Windows 95."

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