How to write a letter and then print it

Anonymous
2010-04-28T14:24:12+00:00

I dont know what I have to do to get to were I can write a letter and print it off my computer

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Anonymous
2010-05-04T15:37:39+00:00

Hello luci37388,

Thank you for posting to the Microsoft Answers Forum.

There is not an Office Suite of products included in the Microsoft Operating System. However, if you purchased an OEM computer from a retail establishment, they may have included Microsoft Works or Microsoft Office as part of a package deal. You can then use Word or Microsoft Works to type a letter.

Included in all versions of Windows 7 there is Notepad for creating text files and Wordpad which has more complex formatting available. You would get to them by going to Windows Start Button, select All Programs, and select Accessories. When the list expands you can select Notepad or Wordpad to write your letter. Then you can print using Print option. You must have already added your printer.

If you have more specific questions or if I didn't answer your question, please reply back and let us know.

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Don Varnau 19,930 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2017-05-10T19:01:48+00:00

please contact me as how to get to the correct setting to write and print a letter

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Assuming that you have a printer hooked up and working, these suggestions have come up in this thread:

  1. Notepad and Wordpad are on nearly all versions of Windows . Wordpad will let you do more with fonts and formatting. Search for them and use them enough to become familiar with them. You can edit repeatedly until you get a printed letter you're satisified with.
  2. Sign in at https://onedrive.live.com click on New then Word Document. Compose then print
  3. Google Docs: Sign in at https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/ compose then print
  4. Compose the letter as an email. Send it to yourself and print it
  5. For a real Word Processor try the free Open Office https://www.openoffice.org/  (Replaced by LibreOffice)
  6. Also free LibreOffice https://www.libreoffice.org/

* There is a learning curve with all of these programs. Edit the letter until it looks good on screen, print it and do some more editing if you don't like the printed version.

Don

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-05-10T18:17:29+00:00

    Sorry, but no version of Office came with my machine. It has never been preinstalled on any Windows version with the exception of some Surface versions.

    I have been using Corel office programs since Windows 98. The big turn off for me was that until Word 2007, there was no option to save a file as a PDF file. Corel had that option for years before Word.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-05-10T17:46:43+00:00

    And, if the PC's comes with Windows 7, they also have a Word and Exsell that just have to be activated, without paying anything - Word and Excel... (Not the Trial)

    And why not use the OneDrive, when you allready have it? As you see in my post above, the screenshoots are from the browser - The OneDrive don't need to be preinstalled for using this online-Office... I can use the online-Office from an old XP-wreck, if I wanted.

    And YES - I know, this is Windows 7-forum..........

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-05-10T17:34:38+00:00

    Of course if you are using Vista or Win7, (This is a Win7 forum), OneDrive is not on preinstalled as it is with Win8/8.1, so you need to download and install it. Not to mention many people don't care for OneDrive, myself included.

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