We got a new laptop with Windows Vista as the operating system. We found out that our Microsoft Office software will not work with Vista, and that they expect you to buy it all over again. We were told by a friend that there is a website you can go to and download office software that will work with Vista for free. Here is the website:
http://www.openoffice.org/
This product is working great for us! You can save your documents in Word, Excel or Powerpoint form so that you can send them and others can still open them. And you are able to open Word, Excel and Powerpoint programs. Hope this helps someone else!