microsoft word? word pad? can some one please help me understand?

Question

okay i have no microsoft word on my lap top and im not buying it as i cant afford to at the moment i have microsoft works word processor will i be able to do my course work on that save it on my memory stick and print it off at school on a apple mac computer but i wanna fix it up on microsoft word when i get to school will i be able to do all of this. If not what can i do i need to hand this in next monday and i need to start now and theres no internet cafes near by

Answer 1

You can do that in your current situation, just make sure to save your document in a file format that microsoft word can open. Also if you are looking for a free suite like microsoft office, check out Open Office... openoffice.org a completely free alternative to microsoft office and it can save in .doc and .docx format.

Answer 2

Like several other people who have responded, I think relying on OpenOffice.org Write will help you deal with your situation better than any other solution. Note that this is a full office suite, not just a word processor -- you may not need to create or edit spreadsheets, presentations or drawings, but those applications are also available.



Check out this page to understand more about OpenOffice: http://why.openoffice.org/



OOo Write will open a document created in Microsoft Word on your school computer so you can add to or improve it; and you can of course save the document in Word's .doc format.



The Microsoft Works Word Processor that you have possesses the same capability of opening and editing a Word .doc file and saving in .doc format. Well, in general, it can; there are some features in Word that Works doesn't know what to do with, so part of the document might be missing when you open it in Works.



Note too that Microsoft Word on the school's computer can open a document stored in either the OpenOffice.org or the Works native formats. To do that, you don't double-click on the file to open it, but instead use the File menu's Open command and select the right format in the dialog's File of Type list.



See http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/more/worktogether.mspx for more information.



One last note -- WordPad is yet another word processor from Microsoft that comes with your computer. It's a stripped-down editor with minimal features and a limit on the length of files it can work with. Moving files between WordPad and Word can also be managed simply (especially if you're just talking about straight text). Wikipedia describes this pretty well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPad

Answer 3

Yes and no.



Works is a good word processor. Word is a TOP word processor. MAC is a great computer. Unfortunately, these things all speak different languages. (You didn't mention which versions you are using, but it isn't all that important)



Word will be able to open a Works WP document if it has the proper filter installed (considering that both are Microsoft products, I believe it will be able to filter Works documents by default), but it may want to save in its native format... especially if you apply changes that are not compatible with the Works formatting. The same may be true with the MAC... whichever word processor you use, it may need to have a filter installed to convert unfamiliar formats.

Be careful that when saving any changes in either Word or on the Mac, that you save in a format that Works can understand because Works may not be as flexible when it comes to understanding documents from high-end word processors.

Example: Don't save a document in Word's *.docx format and expect to open it again using Works because it probably aint' gonna happen.



HINT: When saving, check the drop-menu that says 'Save as type' just below the place you type in the file name. This will show you your options.

Answer 4

what you want to do should be very easy and will unlikely cause you any hiccups, it should all just work exactly as you've described. The risk comes in reading the file on a mac, also are you using word pad or microsoft works wordprocessor as they are actually different? Word pad produces .rtf documents and if you want there are a couple of other formats but not many, that you can save in as well. Any microsoft office products you use at school or elsewhere will be able to read anything you do on both word pad and microsoft works wordprocessor, and microsoft office products running on macs will also be able to. There might be a little bit of a trouble reading whatever format you save in; on a mac if you aren't using microsoft office for mac but this is unlikely because most wordprocessers read a wide variety of text formats and it's unlikely that the program you're using will save in one that you can't read on any of the programs you'll be using at school.



What might make life a whole lot easier for you though, would be download openoffice from www.openoffice.org this program is free and as good *** microsoft office, it saves in heaps of formats including microsoft word's .doc which will make it much easier when it comes to editing on different computers because even if they read your document from Microsoft Works/WordPad they may have to turn on special compatibility features which makes things just a little less convenient. Open Office also comes with a whole suit of things for you to work with like spreadsheets and a drawing program etc. The download is largeish but not so big you couldn't get it downloaded relatively quickly especially if you're on broadband. Honestly, if you don't want to pay for Microsoft's stuff this is a REALLY good alternative with a very similar look and feel to Microsoft Office especially in the word processor which is a lot like Microsoft Word, and it genuinely is FREE, it's part of the open-source free software movement.

Answer 5

well i suggest 1st n foremost that u download openoffice. it is a free office kit, and has i think all the equivilent programs of microsoft. its a brilliant piece of software, it will allow you to open microsoft word docs, im not sure about the newer microsoft word 7, but 6 and previous it does. and also allows you to save docs in many formats including .doc for word 1995/97/2000/XP and word 6.0. there are also other formats such as .txt and .odt. i set up a link below so u can have a look and download if u wish. i do recommend, its the best in my opinion

Answer 6

Try downloading and installing Open Office (it's available at openoffice.org). It's a free, legal office suite similar to MS Office. It has a word processor called Write which has a lot of nice features. It can also save files in .doc format, which is used by MS Word, so the computers at school should be able to open the files if you save them in this format.

Answer 7

If your school computer has Microsoft Word, then when you plug in your flash drive with your document saved on it, go to my computer, open the flash drive, and right click on the document so you can click open with microsoft word. It should convert the document to be compatible with Microsoft Word. Easy :)

Answer 8

Download Open Office it's free and save the document in windows .doc format. Then you can formated as you like and still load it on a mac, linux or windows PC.

Answer 9

You dont really need MS word to type up something. The only thing that Word offers is more formatting capabilites, templates for things like resumes and all that. If your just typing an assignment up for class, Wordpad is just as good.

Answer 10

badly inst a word go to staples and buy the disc its like 70 bucks i think

Answer 11

you're too confusing...try explaining it in maybe a simpler, easier to understand way, you'll get more help

Answer 12

yes you can, but you can just download the trial version, if you want.

Answer 13

Your screwed.