Query about Microsoft Word 2002

mwd234

I am using Windows XP Home edition version 2002 service pack 2. I tried to fromat a Word document by adding a border from the drop down "Art" section and got a message saying I needed to install Microsoft Word 2002 from the disc. The computer came with everything pre loaded and I did not get any discs. I do still have discs for my previous computer which are Microsoft Works Suite 2000. I tried to install Word 2000 using that disc but when I was asked to insert the product ID numbers there are 20 characters on the certificate of autenticity and the installation process says it needs a 25 character CD rom key number. Can anyone help me with this so I can complete my Word document?

netdumdum

Not sure if you have got Word 2000 or Word 2003?

superscaper

netdumdum wrote: »

Not sure if you have got Word 2000 or Word 2003?

Why can't it be Word 2002? Although OP needs to make it clearer exactly what they already had installed.

Little_John

Word 2002 was more commonly known as part of Office XP.
Works suite 2000 comes with Word 2000, you need to find the disk that was used to install word 2002/XP as the instalation you have requires additional components that are on the CD. If someone else installed it for you then you need to get the disk that person has. It it proberbly the image file for the border, without the disk you wont get anywhere.

Your other option is to uninstall word 2002 and use your disk to install word 2000 the CD key is on the envelope that all the CD's are in. each disk has its own envelope then thay all go in a folder/envelope and that has the cd key on it.

mwd234

The computer I am using is a Hewlitt Packard one and came from P C World with XP Home edition and Works Suite 2003 pre installed and there were no discs with it. A friend can lend me a disc for the Professional version of Office 2003 . If I installed that disc would it give me everything I need to use for Word documents and everything for Publisher too? I assume it would replace all the components currently installed with the Works Suite 2003.

superscaper

mwd234 wrote: »

If I installed that disc would it give me everything I need to use for Word documents and everything for Publisher too? I assume it would replace all the components currently installed with the Works Suite 2003.

Not legally.

thebroker1980

mwd234 wrote: »

A friend can lend me a disc for the Professional version of Office 2003 . If I installed that disc would it give me everything I need to use for Word documents and everything for Publisher too?

This is completely illegal, and Microsoft is cracking down on it. Why don’t go back to PC world with this query…..?

And also tell your friend that lending out his version of Works suite 2003 would be an infringement of his user license that he electronically signed when he first installed it on his P.C (that is assuming he has already used it) But if this is a version that has been legally purchased and not used ignore this post....:eek:

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HoofeHearted

When you install Office, each Application (word, excel etc) have multiple components and you hace three options for each component:
1) Install to hard drive
2) Install on first use
3) Do not install

Sounds like the new component of word that you are now trying to use, was configured as option 2. This is why Word is now asking for the Office cd to install this component.