Does word and excel ever come bundled in XP professional? My employer seems
to recall those two programs included with his version of XP. Thanks.....

Cardian wrote:

> Does word and excel ever come bundled in XP professional? My employer
> seems to recall those two programs included with his version of XP.


No. Your employer is wrong.

Neither Windows XP, nor any other version of Windows, has ever included
Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, or any other significant application
software. Such programs have to be bought, either by themselves or as part
of Microsoft Office.

If your employer bought a computer which came with these, it was because the
vendor who sold it bundled it as part of the package he sold, not because
Windows came with it.

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Nope, never. It would have to be an OEM version of Office at a minimum.

Cardian wrote:

> Does word and excel ever come bundled in XP professional? My employer seems
> to recall those two programs included with his version of XP. Thanks.....

No, not ever.

However, PC manufacturers may bundle MS Office or MS Word or MS Excel with
new PCs.

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In news:417202D9-27AB-4E88-B045-2D6A5EB7ED97@microsoft.com,
Cardian <Cardian@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Does word and excel ever come bundled in XP professional? My employer
> seems to recall those two programs included with his version of XP.
> Thanks.....

Cardian wrote:

> Does word and excel ever come bundled in XP professional? My employer seems
> to recall those two programs included with his version of XP. Thanks.....

No. However, some OEM's may bundle MS Office that includes
Word and Excel as purchase options when selling new computers.

In article <417202D9-27AB-4E88-B045-2D6A5EB7ED97@microsoft.com>,
Cardian@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> Does word and excel ever come bundled in XP professional? My employer seems
> to recall those two programs included with his version of XP. Thanks.....

Word/Excel may come as part of the "Computer System" bundle by the
selling vendor, but they have never come as part of the Microsoft
Windows Operating System package.

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Cardian wrote:
> Does word and excel ever come bundled in XP professional? My employer
> seems to recall those two programs included with his version of XP.
> Thanks.....

Sure - bundled with - but they are not part of the Windows operating system.
Heck, some retailers will bundle Corel Draw or Norton Utilities if their
customers ask for them. Heck, some retailers would bundle their grandmothers
with Windows if they they it would clinch the sale.

All that means is that the retailer is selling the computer with Windows and
has also installed Microsoft Office as part of the deal. But Windows and
Office are two distinct products. Windows is the operating system and
Microsoft Office is a suite of programs including a word processor program
[Word] and a spread sheet program [Excel] etc.

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

> Cardian wrote:
>
>
>>Does word and excel ever come bundled in XP professional? My employer
>>seems to recall those two programs included with his version of XP.
>
>
>
> No. Your employer is wrong.

He may have had Office XP Professional, sometimes known as Office 2002
Professional and, yes, both Word and Excel come with that. At least the
one I have does ;-)

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