On 17/12/2012 12:22, Mark wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:50:45 +0000, stuart noble
wrote:


Current desktop is archaic, runs Win XP, struggles with web browsing,
rest is acceptable (just) using "period" versions of Excel, Word etc.


Office 97 mate, you can't beat it! I no longer know where anything is in
Excel and I find XP a welcome relief after Fisher Price/Win7.

But Office 97 does frequently barf at ".doc" documents created by
later versions of M$ Orifice.


There's always the free office programs to try, like libreoffice or
openoffice.