Free Office Word Program?

[Midknyte]

The Starter version is limited, so maybe there was a feature that only the Retail version has?

You need to CREATE the Asus recovery discs, just in case the hard drive goes bad.
http://support.asus.com/Troubleshoot...3E&os=&no=1775

[Train]

The Starter version is missing a bunch of options.

Office Starter consists of Word Starter and Excel Starter only, reduced functionality versions of Microsoft Word and Excel with advertising. It does not contain Microsoft PowerPoint, OneNote, or Outlook.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/starter/

[JBH1876]

With me... things have came a long way since 1993. I will report back with my mind soon......... Thanks for the patience...