LouBrandt
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Hello,
I'm new to this forum, and I have a question that I hope someone will be able to help me with. I just bought a new Dell Windows 7 computer. Everything is fine on the computer, but my question has to do with trying to transfer some text documents from my old computer to this new one.
On my old computer, running Windows XP home (service pack 2) I created many text documents using Microsoft Works. My new computer doesn't have Microsoft Works on it, and even though it does have Microsoft Word Starter version, it cannot open the Works documents which I brought over from a DVD from the older computer. When I tried to open the documents, it asked me to tell it what to open it with, and it seemed to say that I could open it with Microsoft Works.
I see that Microsoft Works 9 is available for purchase from Microsoft for $39.95, so my questions are: Will Windows 7 Home support Microsoft Works 9 (I assume that it will), and do you think that if I bought and installed Microsoft Works 9 on the new computer, that it will successfully open and read the Works documents from my old computer?
I might also ask whether you think that there would be any problems having both Microsoft Works and Microsoft Word Starter version on the same computer.
Thanks,
Louis
Update: I found a way to do it.
I'm new to this forum, and I have a question that I hope someone will be able to help me with. I just bought a new Dell Windows 7 computer. Everything is fine on the computer, but my question has to do with trying to transfer some text documents from my old computer to this new one.
On my old computer, running Windows XP home (service pack 2) I created many text documents using Microsoft Works. My new computer doesn't have Microsoft Works on it, and even though it does have Microsoft Word Starter version, it cannot open the Works documents which I brought over from a DVD from the older computer. When I tried to open the documents, it asked me to tell it what to open it with, and it seemed to say that I could open it with Microsoft Works.
I see that Microsoft Works 9 is available for purchase from Microsoft for $39.95, so my questions are: Will Windows 7 Home support Microsoft Works 9 (I assume that it will), and do you think that if I bought and installed Microsoft Works 9 on the new computer, that it will successfully open and read the Works documents from my old computer?
I might also ask whether you think that there would be any problems having both Microsoft Works and Microsoft Word Starter version on the same computer.
Thanks,
Louis
Update: I found a way to do it.
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