Is anyone around to please answer a couple of "easy" questions

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1. What is the best (i.e. legal and cheap) way of getting Microsoft Word on my laptop? I have it already on my old pc but it wasn't included on my laptop.

1. Question about e-mails. Sometimes I get e-mails from people and I am included on a list of other recipients. Often this gives me access to all these other recipient's e-mail addresses. I know there is a way of avoiding this but don't know how to do it. Apart from when I am e-mailing close friends, I would like to be able to either "cc" e-mails and/or send to several people, but without disclosing the full addresses to everyone.

TIA

The cheapest version of Microsoft Office is the Students' and Teachers' one, but still is expensive.

If you want to go a free route, you can download Open Office which is just as functional as Microsoft's.

For your email question - you can bcc the recipients (blind carbon copy), or create a mailing list if you are always emailing the same people.

Thanks for your reply.

Am I right in thinking that if I download Open Office I would be able to create my own documents/letters, but NOT open any "Word" attachments/documents that other people send me?

Does the Student and Teachers' version of Microsoft Office have all/most of the same features as other versions? I'm guessing I don't have to actually prove that I am a student or teacher?

there's the 'family' edition of office 2007 that allows you to install it on up to 3 pcs for about £99.

Open Office will happily open word/excel attachments.

I believe that you can download a free reader for Microsoft documents from their website that allows you to open and view files that people send you but not to edit them. Don't know about whether Open Office can open Word files or not.

x-post - GeekBoy know more than me!

You can open Word documents up to version 2003 in Open Office, and vice versa. I don't know about Word documents created in Word 2007 and saved in the usual format that version uses, but then you can't open those in earlier versions of Word either without a file conversion programme.

I didn't have to prove my status to buy the Student edition - officially there has to be someone in the household in education either as pupil/teacher/support, but that includes so manmy peopls they don't even bother to check

Thanks, you all know a lot more than me.

WRT to question 2 - instead of CCing everyone, if you BCC them, it means they're copied but their addresses aren't seen by anyone else, I believe (blind carbon copy it stands for)

Also in outlook express you have to go on the View menu and tick All Headers to see the BCC option