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Windows 8.1
11 Dec 2013
| R.Scott
Posted on 12/11/2013 10:43:36 AM PST by 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.
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: dsj02; microsoft
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HELP!
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:43:36 AM PST
by
R. Scott
To: R. Scott
download free LibreOffice 3.
BTW, buy an older version of Office, like 2007, if you want to go that route.
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:45:46 AM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: R. Scott
Do you have Word, or just the bastardized version that comes with a new comp?
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:45:54 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:46:02 AM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: R. Scott
Is this Microsoft Word you bought? It SHOULD have a built in spell-check. In fact, if you have MS Word, then all of your text-capable programs... like email... are supposed to use Word’s spell-checker.
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:46:34 AM PST
by
DesScorp
To: 1rudeboy
I remember back when I really liked Wordpad
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:46:36 AM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: R. Scott
MS word has no spellcheck?
I got a windows 8 Dell with office on it this year and it has spellcheck.
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:46:40 AM PST
by
sickoflibs
(Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
To: R. Scott
Take it back! And get a full refund!
Tiger Direct on line, or Amazon.com can set you up with a good laptop running Windows 7 Professional for a hellofalotless that $1k!
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:46:52 AM PST
by
Taxman
(So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
To: R. Scott
Both spell check and a dictionary should have installed with Office - you may want to check into a reinstall and make sure those options aren’t unchecked. This is a retail distro of Office, I’m assuming...
To: R. Scott
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:48:00 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Salo; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; Still Thinking; ...
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:48:30 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: R. Scott
To: R. Scott
You can also download OpenOffice for win 8 for free.
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:49:01 AM PST
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: R. Scott
In Word click on the “Review” tab in the ribbon at the top of the page.
To: R. Scott
Did you buy Microsoft Word? Every version of Word that I have used has spell check, dictionary, and a thesaurus. It spell checks as you type.
To: Mannaggia l'America
Does it still have the "Office Assistant"?
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:51:16 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: GeronL
I remember back when I really liked Wordpad
Wordstar and Calcstar worked also. The companies have to build in obsolescence to they can make a new product.
Download.com has a couple hunderd thousand of free downloads including a shell for windows 8. Waterfox has built in spel checker.
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:53:26 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: R. Scott
Download.com has a couple hunderd thousand of free downloads including a shell for windows 8. Waterfox has built in spel checker.
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:53:51 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: R. Scott
What was the OS of your old Laptop ?
Did you like that OS ?
You can use the “product key” found on the Microsoft sticker and download that OS.
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:54:09 AM PST
by
Zeneta
To: R. Scott
Take it back and raise hell. If you laid out $1000, and THEN had to buy an external cd drive, you got screwed! You should be able to get one hell of a notebook for 1/2 that much!
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posted on
12/11/2013 10:54:21 AM PST
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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