Oh god. I'm trying to download Office Word on to the Mac and I'm not having a good time. Can you help?

[ahundredtimes]

Can anyone help me?

I seem to have downloaded Office 2008 but it says it can't open in this 'volume' whatever that may be.

So then I go to the test drive Word icon, and that says Word 2004.

So then I click Buy and it takes me to the Office 2008 site.

I actually don't understand what I am doing.

Can anyone help me?

Also - not interesting I know - I don't want it particularly. I'm only doing it so DS2 can do his homework which he has bought back on a memory stick.

It's actually not funny how little I understand what I am doing.

WHERE'S LAPIN?

[sobs]

This is MY thread.

I am going to talk to myself on it.

Well, it seems to not be a disaster. I have dropped his Word document into Pages, and it opens. Hurrah.

So then I will just have to remember to export it as a word document at the end and save on the memory stick.

Is that right?

I think so.

i'm going to upload open office when my free trial of word runs out, maybe you could try that?

(new pc doesn't have any office applications someone here suggested it)

Yes, you see I tried then to get the free trial. But that seemed to be for Office 2008 and I have convinced myself that I can't have it because of this 'volume' problem.

And I can't find Office 2004, which is what I am convinced I need.

My convictions though are based on nothing other than ignorant stupidity.

Thank you for answering though southeastra.

i'm sure someone more helpful will be along shortly