Office XP Home
Jeff
options for an "Office" suite were Corel WP Office or
Microsoft Office Home. Not being a Corel fan I went with
the MS product for some extra $$. Much to my great
dissapointment Office Home does not come with Power
Point. Can I install a previous version of Power Point
such as PPT 2000 which is part of the the 2000 suite? Or
do I have to shell out $300 for PPT XP as a stand alone
product? I take issue with not being aware of PPT not
being included in Office XP Home especially when Office
XP Professional is not even offered.
Beth Melton
You can install PowerPoint 2000. Just install it to a different directory
to be on the safe side.
I'm not sure what you mean by "Office XP Professional is not even offered".
Do you mean the manufacturer you purchased the computer from did not offer
it?
Personally I will not purchase any OEM software other than the "freebie"
applications that I don't use anyway.
OEM software may seem cheaper but in the long run it isn't. An OEM license
is non-transferable (it stays with the computer), you can not install it on
both a laptop and desktop, and typically OEM support leaves a *lot* to be
desired.
Not to mention when you buy retail you aren't buying "sight unseen". You
have the opportunity to see the details for the software you are
purchasing, such as which applications are included in the suite.
Unfortunately most consumers must learn this the hard way. :-(
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Neville Fursdon
I had the same problem though I had Office Pro 97.
Microsoft advised that it may be OK to install PPT 97 but
could cause instability and they did not recommend it. So
I had to purchase PPT XP 2002. PPT 2000 may be ok and I
would try it. If you have problems you could always
uninstall and restore Win XP to a previous setting if you
have problems.
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Mike Williams
>> Just bought a new computer running MS XP Home OS. My 2
>> options for an "Office" suite were Corel WP Office or
>> Microsoft Office Home. Not being a Corel fan I went with
>> the MS product for some extra $$. Much to my great
>> dissapointment Office Home does not come with Power
>> Point. Can I install a previous version of Power Point
>> such as PPT 2000 which is part of the the 2000 suite? Or
>> do I have to shell out $300 for PPT XP as a stand alone
>> product? I take issue with not being aware of PPT not
>> being included in Office XP Home especially when Office
>> XP Professional is not even offered.
Never heard of a suite called Microsoft Office "Home" (there is Windows XP
Home though). The only Office XP Suite not contained PPT is Office Small
Business Edition.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/howtobuy/choosing.asp
The only person you can take issue with is yourself for not checking what
you're getting. You always have the choice of buying a computer without an
office suite preinstalled and then adding a retail version yourself.