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re: Upgrading windows
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 5:00 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dhm
(966 messages posted)
You said, "so how could I upgrade for free?"
Right above this entry box it said, "3. Messages relating to software piracy are
not permitted..." Unless I mistake your meaning, that's what you're saying.
You can upgrade for free by asking a friend or relative who replaced Microsoft Office
2000 to give you his old copy. Otherwise:
Yes, there are incompatibilities in the .DOC files when handled by different versions
of Word. And they can corrupt the files and make them unreadable.
For that, Gewg directed me to articles that showed that Open Office's Writer can
read even damaged .DOC files. I was already using it but it's nice to know. So
even if you are committed to M$ft it would be wise to have Open Office as well, even
if you just use it as a utility to straighten out a M$ft incompatibility.
It's a 100 Mb download but it's an incredibly impressive example of freeware:
And, "will windows 98 take the new office files?" Yes, M$ft Office 2000 runs on
Win98.
On Friday, May 18, 2007 at 3:37 pm, s.jester wrote:
>How do I upgrade Microsoft Office 97 to the common Office 2000? The office 97 files
>I send are not compatable with the latest version I heard, so how could I upgrade
>for free? will windows 98 take the new office files??
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- Upgrading windows (s.jester: Friday, May 18, 2007 at 3:37 pm)
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