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- From: gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys)
- Subject: Re: Microsoft Office...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.011233.24954@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Aug19.195153.24171@kpc.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 02:09:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug19.195153.24171@kpc.com>, ashok@kpc.com (Ashok Yerneni) writes...
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- >I am contemplating purchasing some kind of word processing/
- >scheduling software for my PC. Being an ignorant of the
- >PC world software, I was wondering if someone could help
- >me sort out the software.
- >
- >What can/can't you do with Ms. Office? Would it also include
- >a word processor? what else? I really only need word processing
- >software(like W4W), but would rather get software which can integrate
- >everything(like spreadsheets/databases/slides/math).
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- >thanks
- >
- >Ashok
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- Microsoft Office is merely a marketing arangement of Word, Xcel,
- Powerpoint and a Mail program (I forget its name) at a price that is less than
- the sum of the individual products. They ship with all docs etc., just not as
- much excess cardboard shipping.
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- /s/ Bob Gettys
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