Windows 8.1

11 Dec 2013 | R.Scott

[R. Scott]

My old laptop died and I had to buy a new one. Unfortunately it had Windows 8. It had no word processor and I had to buy the Office Suite and an external CD drive. Total cost? Near $1000! Now the problem. Word has no spell check, no dictionary. Any one know how I can get them? The internet was no help.

[GeronL]

They seem to update it a LOT lately.

I have an older computer, bought it in 2009, and Firefox runs great.

[Zeneta]

That could work !!

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

[mountainlion]

I have an older computer, bought it in 2009, and Firefox runs great.

Waterfox works better on the 64 bit new processors. I still have foxfire on two other computers.

[Zeneta]

Thanks

I will check it out.

[oh8eleven]

don’t forget that dog... what was he, in Vista or something?
He didn't last long ...

... MS couldn't house break him.

[GeronL]

rofl

[Bidimus1]

nope notu usd Scrivener, but have had good luck with open/apache/libre offic

as well as a few other free ones even IBM Symphony

http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/lotusymp

[GeronL]

You can make your own drum music using Hydrogen, I just like pushing the buttons to make the sounds though.

Are you using Linux?

[GeronL]

interesting

[dhs12345]

Exactly. F7 should run it. It is sometimes in the background and not obvious.

And darned Microsoft moved everything around in the newer versions of Office. The short cuts still work, though.

[Zeneta]

In all seriousness.

I’m an XP fan, it doesn’t crash.

I’ve got a laptop with Vista that won’t run more than twenty minutes without crashing.

If anybody has an old box with an XP “product key” I would be very very happy if you sent it to me.

[Billthedrill]

Scrivener - thanks for the lead. Looks very interesting and some of the stuff it does is sort of difficult in Office and not even available in Open Office. :-)

[GeronL]

Yes it does have some unique features

[GeronL]

Seriously though, I have a Windows 7 product key and disc and I am saving that.

I use Ubuntu Linux right now on this old thing.

[Darksheare]

Can get a nice laptop with an internal cd/dvd drive for around $599.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=17&sel=Price%3BPrice6

Scott, ya got screwed.

[98ZJ USMC]

MS Office is one of the biggest rip-offs available. Unfortunately, it’s the industry standard so Microsoft can say get bent. Download any of the free clones. I have used Open Office. Works well.

[VanDeKoik]

My old laptop died and I had to buy a new one. Unfortunately it had Windows 8. It had no word processor and I had to buy the Office Suite and an external CD drive. Total cost? Near $1000! Now the problem. Word has no spell check, no dictionary. Any one know how I can get them? The internet was no help.”

I cant be the only one that cant make head or tails of this.
Windows 8 had nothing to do with you not having a word processor. You could easily have gone and just used Google Docs (free) and had one right there with a spell-check. Open Office or Rough Draft are both also free.

Why you went and bought an external CD drive is completely lost on me. And following stupid advice like getting Windows 7 when you already have an OS is just milking you out of more money.

[Erik Latranyi]

For $1000 you should have purchased a Microsoft Surface Pro and could have the detachable keyboard and full Office Suite.

You need to work on your shopping skills.

[Las Vegas Ron]

You can still buy office 2003 pro suite on eBay for $30-$50.00 bucks.

[steelhead_trout]

There are student versions of Office that cost much less than off the shelf Office that you’d get at Office Max or Staples. And they come with all the goodies.