Calling all PC wiz kids.

[santucci218]

im taking online classes now, and my college uses windows xp. i have vista on my home comp. so when i download the word documents, i cant open them because i dont have the old microsoft works...is there anything i can do to fix that or do i just have to download microsoft works 2003 edition or whatever it is?

[Valerus]

Backwards compatibility is included.

[santucci218]

well it aint workin for me y0. i download the stuff and it asks me what to open it with cause it cant find a sorce to open it with...unless maybe i manually select my new works! ill try that. ty...lol.

[Atoz]

Tried OpenOffice? Free D/L:

http://www.openoffice.org/

[jsbass]

Originally Posted by Atoz

Tried OpenOffice? Free D/L:

http://www.openoffice.org/

+1

[jady]

If I recall, Microsoft Works will not open Word files (at least in XP). Works is it's own bastard program...........I hate it.

[fenderhutz]

Good call Jady. Paul, go get Office 2003 Student and Teacher edition. It was like 99-150 new and is good on up to 3 pc's. Maybe even cheaper on Ebay.