Help getting standard Office Word & Excel

twiglet66

Hi

I need some help please! Im trying to apply for a job with AQA and the forms that they email that I need to complete and send back require standard Office Word & Excel, I only have microsoft works.

I did download the word and excel viewer which enabled me to read the documents but that still means that I cant fill in the documents and email them back.

Any help would be fantastic

thank you

[Deleted User]

This is the best free alternative to spending loads of £££

http://www.openoffice.org/

Marty_J

Deleted_User wrote: »

This is the best free alternative to spending loads of £££

http://www.openoffice.org/

Seconded. 0101010101010

Baldur

When installing Open Office, ensure that you select that you want Open Office to open Word and Excel files in the box which is displayed during the setup process.

twiglet66

Thank you so much for your help, I have downloaded this and its working so thank you

Minniethemoocher

If I produce a document using Open Office and email it to someone who has Microsoft Office, will they be able to open and read/edit it?

eamon

When you save an Open Office Writer file you should be given options as to what to name the file. You should choose with the ".doc" file extension. That will enable AQA to open and read the file. The same method should apply to Open Office Calc, save the file with ".xls" extension.

bluboy

Yes. When you save the file you'll be given the option to save in a particular format.
For example if you were creating a text document, selecting Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP (.doc) should see you right but if you want to be extra sure check which version of Office your mail recipient has and save to that format.

[Deleted User]

Minniethemoocher wrote: »

If I produce a document using Open Office and email it to someone who has Microsoft Office, will they be able to open and read/edit it?

Simple answer is yes.

We understand that many people already have documents which they have created using other common office software packages. OpenOffice.org 3 can read these files with a very high degree of accuracy, making migration to OpenOffice.org 3 very straightforward. In fact, we have reports where OpenOffice.org 3 has been able to read files which the original software package had said were corrupted and unusable. If your friends or colleagues use different software, you can still swap files with them - but better still, give them a free copy of OpenOffice.org 3!

From - http://why.openoffice.org/why_easy.html

Minniethemoocher

Thank you for your helpful replies! I will be using Openoffice on my new computer.