What software will be able to use my ME OS user files?

My computer is dying. Its old and pretty grumpy. I want to buy a lap top
with a more up-to-date OS but I have years of personal files saved in ME word
processing. Can Vista or some other OS open, modify and close these old
files or am I just out of luck when my old computer dies?

Have you heard of any of the following?? Jump drive, CD backup, to
mention a couple. You CAN transfer the files....but until you back them
up, you is out of luck.

"gfogg" wrote in message
...
My computer is dying. Its old and pretty grumpy. I want to buy a lap
top
with a more up-to-date OS but I have years of personal files saved in
ME word
processing. Can Vista or some other OS open, modify and close these
old
files or am I just out of luck when my old computer dies?

Windows ME isn't a word processor. The closest you can come is WordPad,
which is also part of Windows XP ( I don't know about Windows Vista, but I
presume it has something quite similar. Is WordPad the application you're
talking about, or do you have some other word processor installed? Microsoft
Word? WordPerfect?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"gfogg" wrote in message
...
My computer is dying. Its old and pretty grumpy. I want to buy a lap top
with a more up-to-date OS but I have years of personal files saved in ME
word
processing. Can Vista or some other OS open, modify and close these old
files or am I just out of luck when my old computer dies?

gfogg wrote:
My computer is dying. Its old and pretty grumpy. I want to buy a lap top
with a more up-to-date OS but I have years of personal files saved in ME word
processing. Can Vista or some other OS open, modify and close these old
files or am I just out of luck when my old computer dies?

Get an external hard drive to back up your data. Back up is a computer
user's best friend.

Alias

I'm not sure what ME Word is; I suspect you might mean MS Word or more
likely MS WORKS. It's not the OS that will open these files but rather newer
versions of MS Word or MS Works will open older versions of saved files.

As Heather and Alias indicated, you will need some form of an interface to
transfer the files from your old computer to the new one, but this is not
overly complicated.

Hope this helps.

Dan
"gfogg" wrote in message
...
My computer is dying. Its old and pretty grumpy. I want to buy a lap top
with a more up-to-date OS but I have years of personal files saved in ME
word
processing. Can Vista or some other OS open, modify and close these old
files or am I just out of luck when my old computer dies?

Dapper Dan wrote:
I'm not sure what ME Word is; I suspect you might mean MS Word or more
likely MS WORKS. It's not the OS that will open these files but rather newer
versions of MS Word or MS Works will open older versions of saved files.

As Heather and Alias indicated, you will need some form of an interface to
transfer the files from your old computer to the new one, but this is not
overly complicated.

Hope this helps.

Dan

Maybe he or she means Word Pad that comes with Windows Me.

Alias
"gfogg" wrote in message
...
My computer is dying. Its old and pretty grumpy. I want to buy a lap top
with a more up-to-date OS but I have years of personal files saved in ME
word
processing. Can Vista or some other OS open, modify and close these old
files or am I just out of luck when my old computer dies?

I thank all of you for your responses. Here's what I am asking: I have MS
Works Word Ver 6.0. When I buy a new computer, what softwear should be on it
to allow me to use all my old files? When I worked for a living, we had
Office (something?) and it had Word. Quite frankly I'm not real pleased with
ME or any of the softwear that comes with it for word processing and spread
sheets or for that matter the total lack of graphics. However, being an old
retired guy I didn't want to spend the money for more capabilities than I
would probably use. That desire still exists but I do need some sort of
softwear to open my old files and is still supported by Microsoft. I have
backed up my files periodically on disks. Abain thanks for all your help.

"N. Miller" wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:18:41 +0200, Alias wrote:

Dapper Dan wrote:

I'm not sure what ME Word is; I suspect you might mean MS Word or more
likely MS WORKS. It's not the OS that will open these files but rather newer
versions of MS Word or MS Works will open older versions of saved files.

As Heather and Alias indicated, you will need some form of an interface to
transfer the files from your old computer to the new one, but this is not
overly complicated.

Hope this helps.

Dan

Maybe he or she means Word Pad that comes with Windows Me.

Or MS Works. My HP Pavilion 6745C shipped with Windows Me, and MS Works
2000. I just checked the Help | About in the Works Word Processor
application.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

gfogg wrote:
I thank all of you for your responses. Here's what I am asking: I have MS
Works Word Ver 6.0. When I buy a new computer, what softwear should be on it
to allow me to use all my old files? When I worked for a living, we had
Office (something?) and it had Word. Quite frankly I'm not real pleased with
ME or any of the softwear that comes with it for word processing and spread
sheets or for that matter the total lack of graphics. However, being an old
retired guy I didn't want to spend the money for more capabilities than I
would probably use. That desire still exists but I do need some sort of
softwear to open my old files and is still supported by Microsoft. I have
backed up my files periodically on disks. Abain thanks for all your help.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Will support MS apps and it's free.

Alias

"N. Miller" wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:18:41 +0200, Alias wrote:

Dapper Dan wrote:
I'm not sure what ME Word is; I suspect you might mean MS Word or more
likely MS WORKS. It's not the OS that will open these files but rather newer
versions of MS Word or MS Works will open older versions of saved files.

As Heather and Alias indicated, you will need some form of an interface to
transfer the files from your old computer to the new one, but this is not
overly complicated.

Hope this helps.

Dan
Maybe he or she means Word Pad that comes with Windows Me.
Or MS Works. My HP Pavilion 6745C shipped with Windows Me, and MS Works
2000. I just checked the Help | About in the Works Word Processor
application.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

frankly I'm not real pleased with ME or any of the softwear that
comes with it for word processing and spread sheets or for that
matter the total lack of graphics.

As other have already said, applications such as word processors or
graphics tools are not part of the operating system be it Win Me or Vista
but rather applications. Some OEMs include some rudimentary tools and
applications with the PCs they build and sell, often time bombed, and
others none at all leaving it to the end user to decide what they want to
use and install.

software to open my old files and is still supported by Microsoft.

Microsoft only support software and applications they produce, there being
many other companies that produce software not including Microsoft in
their name. It is for you, the end user, to check what software is
included with any new purchase. Many new PCs come with a trial or time
bombed version of Microsoft Office which will happily open files prepared
with earlier version of Office but will only do so for a limited period of
time after which the software will stop working unless you purchase it.
If funds are limited then I would suggest you follow Alias' suggestion and
download an install a copy of Open Office which is free.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows



gfogg wrote:

I thank all of you for your responses. Here's what I am asking: I
have MS Works Word Ver 6.0. When I buy a new computer, what softwear
should be on it to allow me to use all my old files? When I worked
for a living, we had Office (something?) and it had Word. Quite
frankly I'm not real pleased with ME or any of the softwear that
comes with it for word processing and spread sheets or for that
matter the total lack of graphics. However, being an old retired guy
I didn't want to spend the money for more capabilities than I would
probably use. That desire still exists but I do need some sort of
softwear to open my old files and is still supported by Microsoft. I
have backed up my files periodically on disks. Abain thanks for all
your help.

I have no idea what country you are in, but here in Canada, because you
are retired, you can buy WordPerfect at a hugely reduced *seniors*
price. This price is also for students and nurses. I got a copy of
their latest edition from a large computer store here which was a
promotional gimmick and only paid for the shipping ($5 maybe?).

Check around with computer stores in your area and see. Ask for the
seniors or student version. I much prefer WordPerfect over MS Word
anyway, and it will convert MS Word files to WordPerfect Files. Not
entirely sure about Works, but if you use an older version than I have
on here, it just might.

OK, I have MS Word 2003 on here and I just checked it and it will
convert your Works 6.0 to MS Word. But it costs a pretty penny.

Good luck from another "retiree"....Heather

"gfogg" wrote in message
...
I thank all of you for your responses. Here's what I am asking: I have
MS
Works Word Ver 6.0. When I buy a new computer, what softwear should
be on it
to allow me to use all my old files? When I worked for a living, we
had
Office (something?) and it had Word. Quite frankly I'm not real
pleased with
ME or any of the softwear that comes with it for word processing and
spread
sheets or for that matter the total lack of graphics. However, being
an old
retired guy I didn't want to spend the money for more capabilities
than I
would probably use. That desire still exists but I do need some sort
of
softwear to open my old files and is still supported by Microsoft. I
have
backed up my files periodically on disks. Abain thanks for all your
help.

"N. Miller" wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:18:41 +0200, Alias wrote:

Dapper Dan wrote:

I'm not sure what ME Word is; I suspect you might mean MS Word or
more
likely MS WORKS. It's not the OS that will open these files but
rather newer
versions of MS Word or MS Works will open older versions of saved
files.

As Heather and Alias indicated, you will need some form of an
interface to
transfer the files from your old computer to the new one, but this
is not
overly complicated.

Hope this helps.

Dan

Maybe he or she means Word Pad that comes with Windows Me.

Or MS Works. My HP Pavilion 6745C shipped with Windows Me, and MS
Works
2000. I just checked the Help | About in the Works Word Processor
application.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.