Microsoft Office Question

irisrose

Please can someone tell me if Microsoft Office is the samer as Microsoft word as I am about to do an OU course and only have a older Word not office as the course requires will that be ok?
Thanks

DatabaseError

ms word is 1 component of office, alongside excel, power point and other apps depending on which package

davb

What version of Word do you have (help >about).
It's unusual (but not impossible) for a home PC to just have Word and not Office - are you sure you don't have Works, which is a different thing.

davester

Most computers as Davb said get shipped with Full working Microsoft WORKS which is like a cutdown version of office and a Trial version of Microsoft Office which stops working after so many days or uses.

OU courses qualify for the Student discount on MS Office anyway so you could always buy it with the discount you have it for life and if its a major part of your course requirments then worth the money.

If however your requirements are computer printed assignments then you can use the free open office, which can be saved as Word doc files if your lectures want the files emailed.

busenbust

irisrose wrote: »

Please can someone tell me if Microsoft Office is the samer as Microsoft word as I am about to do an OU course and only have a older Word not office as the course requires will that be ok?
Thanks

You can download a fully-functioning, but time-limited, copy of Office 2010 Beta (with Word) here

BritRael

irisrose wrote: »

Please can someone tell me if Microsoft Office is the samer as Microsoft word as I am about to do an OU course and only have a older Word not office as the course requires will that be ok?
Thanks

If you have a very old version it might not open the later versions. However, you could ask someone to convert the file/s by doing a 'save as' and selecting the required Word version.