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Microsoft Office questions and help

Discussion in 'Software Apps' started by ghost_xero, Jul 12, 2012.

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  1. ghost_xero Newcomer, in training Posts: 17

    ok so I bought a toshiba that had the I guess trial of office on it and now its at the time where I have to buy it I guess to continue to use it


    it keeps doing that lil pop up whenever my laptop just turns on asking if I want to buy the full version ect.

    my question is this, how can I delete microsoft office from my laptop and if I do do I lose notepad and wordpad as well?
    ghost_xero, Jul 12, 2012
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  2. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,894   +117

    What OS? If its XP you can go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. If its Vista/7 you still go to the Control Panel, but its called Programs.. (I think. That should get you close enough anyway..). Then just click remove or uninstall.

    You will not lose Notepad or Wordpad.

    If you still want to have an 'office suite' for stuff like Excel, Word, Power Point there are several free alternatives:
    GoogleDocs
    OpenOffice.Org
    LibreOffice
    and probably some others.

    Edit: I made a mistake and mentioned XP with Vista when I meant to mention 7 and Vista together. Edited to correct that mistake.
    SNGX1275, Jul 12, 2012
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  3. ghost_xero Newcomer, in training Posts: 17

    its windows 7 sorry I forgot to mention that 32 bit, and its the subscription renewal pop up.
    ghost_xero, Jul 12, 2012
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  4. mailpup TS Special Forces Posts: 7,910   +77

    As SNGX1275 said, it should be in Programs and Features in the Control Panel. You can uninstall it from there.
    mailpup, Jul 12, 2012
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  5. mike1959 TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 954

    Hi, One thing worth mentioning, if you need to use the new formats, (.docx, .xlsx etc) some of the free office suites will open and save with them, and others will not. (So they are replicas of Office 2003.)
    I think it is currently, Open Office = 2003, Libre Office = 2007/2010. (Both free to download.)
    Also another Office suite where there are paid-for and free versions is at;
    http://www.kingsoftstore.com/index
    mike1959, Jul 14, 2012
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  6. c3h899 Newcomer, in training Posts: 39

    *Minor amendment SNGX1275's comment, Try LibreOffice Before OpenOffice. Most of the developers for OpenOffice switched to LibreOffice. OpenOffice is sort of becoming abandon-ware.
    c3h899, Jul 15, 2012
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