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Lost Microsoft Office by hitting F10

  • 05-11-2008 12:00pm
    #1
    daisyplant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭


    My PC crashes occasionally and yesterday I made the mistake of hitting F10, which seems to have wiped my entire MS Office applications.

    System restore is only allowing me to restore to yesterday which is not much use. Is there any way I can restore these applications? I have no idea where the disk is so unless I can restore it I will have no option other than to buy a new one!

    Any help greatly appreciated. Daisy.:eek:


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  • #2
    daisyplant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭daisyplant


    Anyone? If I have to buy it again so be it! Just want to know before I spend the money without needing to. Thanks, Daisy.


  • #3
    corkcomp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭corkcomp


    daisyplant wrote: »
    Anyone? If I have to buy it again so be it! Just want to know before I spend the money without needing to. Thanks, Daisy.

    hmmm it sounds like you need to buy it "again" eventhough if you already had a copy and your pc crashed wouldnt you just re-install again? its ok if the hardware has not changed .. What probably happened is you reimaged your PC from a recovery partion and MS office was not on the original image


  • #4
    daisyplant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭daisyplant


    Is there a way of accessing the previous image? Not sure what your implying with "again". I hardly "imagined" I had been using it for the past two years.

    If you are insinuating that it was an illegal copy then "unfortunately" it was not! I simply cant find it! :rolleyes:


  • #5
    TechieEddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭TechieEddy


    Do you have any cds with the pc? Where was is bought?


  • #6
    daisyplant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭daisyplant


    Hi Teckieeddy, No CD's with the PC either. Bought it about 3 years ago in Dixons in Blanchardstown. Bought the MS Office CD seperately a few months later in Currys I think. Soes that help?

    Just looking for a way to find it on my PC if possible, otherwise will have to buy it again. thanks, Daisy.


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  • #7
    daisyplant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭daisyplant


    I have managed to recover all my photos. Are applications different?


  • #8
    TechieEddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭TechieEddy


    Ok this means that Office was not on the original build. Which means you have to either find the cd or buy it again.


  • #9
    daisyplant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭daisyplant


    Thanks Eddy, might as well do that then. Funny though it didnot wipe other software related to my camera or limewire etc. Cheers, Daisy.


  • #10
    TechieEddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭TechieEddy


    It is allright. Are you sure your not just missing the shortcuts?
    Open My Computer, Double click the C: drive. Double click Program Files. Do you have a folder in there called Microsoft Office?


  • #11
    daisyplant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭daisyplant


    Yea Eddy, its there alright. It just tells me to go back to where I installed it. Haven't a clue I'm afraid.


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  • #12
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Dont bother buying Microsoft office, just download open office. Its free ;) and does enerything office does.


  • #13
    daisyplant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭daisyplant


    Hi Manties, Thing is I work from home a lot. I regularly get spreadsheets and Powerpoint presenttions that I need to modify and send back . Can I do this to MS ofice applications using open office? Thanks for your help. Daisy


  • #14
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    daisyplant wrote: »
    Hi Manties, Thing is I work from home a lot. I regularly get spreadsheets and Powerpoint presenttions that I need to modify and send back . Can I do this to MS ofice applications using open office? Thanks for your help. Daisy

    Yes, open office fully supports Word, Excel, Powerpoint

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  • #15
    mach1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 760 ✭✭✭mach1982


    http://www.openoffice.org/

    Anything MS office can do Open Office can do better


  • #16
    beggars_bush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,756 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    yeah. and it can save files in almost any format


  • #17
    daisyplant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭daisyplant


    Thanks guys, hve downloaded open office, willsee how it goes before buying more MS. Cheers,

    Daisy.


  • #18
    PaddyTheNth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭PaddyTheNth


    mach1982 wrote: »
    http://www.openoffice.org/

    Anything MS office can do Open Office can do better

    Except use accounting format in spreadsheets :(


  • #19
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    PaddyTheNth wrote: »
    Except use accounting format in spreadsheets :(
    Aye. I've found having to write some of the functions slightly differently.


  • #20
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,582 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    re excel - replace all commas in cell references to semi colons


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