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ummm...think so, have a new laptop and doesnt seem to have any officey things.......
Ah in that case yes you'll need basically the whole office disc. I think there are some viewers which can be downloaded to allow you to view word and powerpoint documents but these won't let you create any documents.
If your employer buys bulk software orders or you're in education you may be able to get Microsoft Office slightly cheaper than retail?
Or there's always Open Office if your boss is that tight - doesn't cost anything. Does pretty much everything M$ Office does too, and even reads and writes M$ files like .doc, .xls etc as well as using its own formats.