Re: Why doesn't my copy of Windows XP come with Microsoft Office?


"sean.uk" <sean.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I just got a new laptop, and my (legit) copy of Windows XP doesn't come with
Microsoft Office. At the moment I'm using OpenOffice for word processing
aswell as making/viewing slideshows.

I don't know if XP is supposed to come with it or not, I find it strange
that it doesn't come with Word, Powerpoint, or Excel, which I have always
assumed to be basic microsoft programmes.

MS Office is a totally separate program, and $$ center for MS.
Office has never come with any version of Windows. WordPad is included, but it is not much of a
word processor.
If you got Office with a computer before, it was because the PC manufacturer included it, not
Windows.


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