On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:33:00 -0700, perplexed1
wrote:
I just bought a used laptop that has no DVD slot. It only has 2 USB ports.
How do I install microsoft office word, excell, etc?
Thank you for any help.
A few possibilities:
- If the laptop has WiFi or Ethernet networking, use a DVD drive on another
computer that you share over the network.
- Buy a USB stick ("thumb drive", etc.) and use another computer to copy the
contents of the DVD to the USB stick, which you can then plug into the laptop.
You might get by with a 4 GB stick, but 8 GB would be more certain (the DVD
capacity is 4.7 GB).
- Buy a USB-connected external DVD drive (for examples, see
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...rder=BESTMATCH)
and attach it to the laptop.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
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