have vista but feel let down by office programs as doesnt seem to be any. I wish could have my xp office back any suggestions?

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Hi guys first time for me and am no expert so keep it in laymans terms please.
I used to love my xp office package. I am a teacher and was great for making worksheets with pictures etc. Have now bought a new desktop with vista and my beautiful world came crashing down with the knowledge that vista has almost non existent features as regards to this. I have tried to rectify this by downloading ms office works but this is not what office was on my xp so i tried "open office" which is no good either. i have now realised that windows 7 is out so feel ripped off. Can you tell me what was going on when they made vista and how can i get the same xp office package as before without paying through the nose again as feel that microsoft have taken my money for vista then will take my money again for a better office package (good for microsoft but not the consumer) i would have though that in the innovative computer world that vista would have been a better upgrade than xp but its seems the opposite and it went backwards. I do hope i havnt missed something on my computer where all the features are hiding so if i have i apologise in advance and will gladly eat humble pie. My compiter is 64bit and i dont have my old windows 97 disks. Any help or suggestions welcome. Cheers

Answer 1

Hi, I'm in a similar boat. Did you get any joy from any other sites?, as obviously nobody replied here. With my new computer I have a 60 day or 25 goes free trial of Microsoft Office 2007. In honesty I need only the basics so 'Open Office' probably is ok for me and I don't want to spend any more on MS software. However, I'm not sure what happens after my trial expires with say EMails containing attachments raised on MS Office programs - right now a Powerpoint attachment for example automatically tries to open with MS Office and I get the message saying I have a further say 20 free goes using the free software without inputting a licence key code. When I've used up all my free goes how do I make the attachment open automatically with Open Office? I also have an option to upgrade to windows 7 if I want but from what I've read so far that'll probably just give me more probs not less.