Help! Lost files after Test Drive for Word 2004

[FearlessLoveNow]

Hi all,

I newly acquired a MAC after having used a PC for a very long time. My
previous Dell laptop had microsoft word already included in its
packaged software when I bought it. So I'm still getting used to all
the differences. For instance, it seems bizarre to me that I should
spend another $300 on Word 2004 software just to have word processing
capabilities. But otherwise all it seems that I have to write papers
with is the test drive version until I buy the software. However I
wasn't paying attention to how many days had passed and now my test
drive with Word 2004 has expired and now I can't even seem to access
the papers I'd written. Does anyone know if there is a way to access
these files after a test drive has expired???? Any and all help is
greatly needed and appreciated!! Thanks!

 

[John McGhie]

The free application TextEdit that is included with your Mac OS will open
Word files. So will Pages if your Mac includes the iWork package.

When I bought MY Dells, they did NOT have any Word-processor installed
(because I declined to pay the price Dell wanted for a fairly cut-down
version of Microsoft Office...)

Sorry to bring you down with a thud, but full-featured word-processing (or
any other full-featured application) has always been a paid-for extra, on
any platform.

In the meantime, you could try setting your system clock back a month...


Cheers

On 4/11/07 6:14 PM, in article
(e-mail address removed),

Hi all,

I newly acquired a MAC after having used a PC for a very long time. My
previous Dell laptop had microsoft word already included in its
packaged software when I bought it. So I'm still getting used to all
the differences. For instance, it seems bizarre to me that I should
spend another $300 on Word 2004 software just to have word processing
capabilities. But otherwise all it seems that I have to write papers
with is the test drive version until I buy the software. However I
wasn't paying attention to how many days had passed and now my test
drive with Word 2004 has expired and now I can't even seem to access
the papers I'd written. Does anyone know if there is a way to access
these files after a test drive has expired???? Any and all help is
greatly needed and appreciated!! Thanks!


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