Computer help please

[Wagamama]

i just bought a laptop (and will be broke for the rest of my life, and then some) and it has Windows XP on it along with microsoft works. But i can't find Word anywhere! There is a word processor in microsoft works. is that the same as regular old word? also.... i'm such a doofus that i didn't even check wether or not the computer had a disk drive, and it doesn't! can i save things on a rewritable cd or dvd?

 

[Pop Daddy]

what

 

[Wagamama]

was i not clear enough? or have you not had enough coffee today poppity pop?

 

[Pop Daddy]

are you sexy today

 

[MyDisneySig]

Word is the word processing that comes with Microsoft Office. Sounds like you have Works instead of Office. There is a word processing program in Works. I believe you can open Word documents in Works and vice versa.

Also, you can save stuff on a rewriteable CD, but another option is one of those USB memory "key" things. I have a Kan Guru one and another one that came with my Dell. It's a little thing (can fit in your pocket or hang around your neck on a cord) that you can plug directly into a USB port on your laptop. It then acts like another drive and you can save stuff to it and send documents to it like you would to a floppy drive. (My XP laptop didn't even require me to load any drivers. It found it in a couple of seconds) You can then use that as a backup or take it and plug it in to another machine to transport the file. They come in different storage sizes, all of which are way more than a floppy.

Hope this helps!

 

[Wagamama]

no

 

[Wagamama]

that does help! thank you so much!

 

[browneyes]

Hey Vonabella. A lot of new computers are coming out with wordperfect again instead of word.

 

[MyDisneySig]

You're very welcome!

 

[LarryE]

Floppy Drives are as useless today as vcr's and 8 tracks, thats where cdrw/dvdrw or usb memory comes in.


as for works suite will do just the same as word just as a cut down version.