Yes, it will work with labels or any other template type printing. It will make business cards, etc. The multi user install sounds like a good idea. I'd use it if there are multiple users on a single system. I've rarely done that as my home and most of my customers are single users. I'll give it a try on another machine I'm just setting up. Tom Cris wrote: > Thank you! > ok - that sounds good. Do you know if it has the capability to make labels? I > use a free avery label program that says it only works on microsoft's word > program. > here is what the open office site says about multiple users - so you think it > isn't necessary for me to install it this way? > Cris > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Note: If you will be installing OpenOffice.org on a Windows > PC used by more than one user, and you want all users to > be able to use OpenOffice.org (each user logs in separately), > please see the Quick-Start Guide for Multiple Users. > > Note. Depending on your install set you may be asked > if you want OpenOffice.org to be your default Office suite. > If you answer "yes" and then change your mind, returning to the > prior state is tedious. You need to reassociate all Office files. > > Quick-Start Guide, Windows in a Multiple User Environment > > If you have multiple users set up on your machine, > then each user who wishes to use OpenOffice.org 1.0 > will need to install separately. This uses up a lot of disk space. > As an alternative, you can use the multi-user option instead, > though installation is a little more complicated: > > Unzip the downloaded file into its own folder. If you > have Compressed Folders installed, the easiest way to do > this is to right click on the file and then choose Extract All... > Open Command Prompt (if you have Windows NT, 2000 or XP) > or MS-DOS prompt (for other versions of Windows). You > should find this on the Start Menu somewhere under Programs > (on some versions of Windows, it is in the Accessories folder). > You should then type the location of the folder followed > by "install\setup /net". For example, if you unzipped the > files to "C:\OpenOffice Setup\" you would > type C:\OpenOffice Setup\OOo_1.1x_Win32Intel_install\setup /net followed by > Return. > Then follow the on screen prompts ... make a note of the > folder in which OpenOffice.org 1.0 is installed onto your computer. > Note. Depending on your install set you may be asked if > you want OpenOffice.org to be your default Office suite. > If you answer "yes" and then change your mind, returning > to the prior state is tedious. You need to reassociate all Office files. > This will install a shared version of OpenOffice.org on > your computer. When each new user on your machine opens > OpenOffice for the first time, they will be taken through > a few steps to install user portions of the software in their individual > areas. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: T. Hunt > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:45 AM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: open office - Help on download > > > Cris- > > If you use OOo, then there is no point in spending your money on MS > Office student edition. OOo has everything that the student version has. > > And if you want to open a file with something else, just right click the > file and choose Open With>. Then select the program you want to use to > open the file. There is a box at the bottom to check if you ALWAYS want > to use this program to open that particular type of file. > > One thing about OOo is that it defaults to its native format when saving > files. IOW, saving a text editor file will default to an *.sxw > extension. If you want that file to be readable by people confined to > MS Office, you'll have to go to the file type box and change the file > type to *.doc. OOo can open *.doc files and so can MS Office. > > If you install a program as administrator, all you have to do to enable > all users to use it is put a shortcut in the %WinXPdrive%\Documents and > Settings\All Users\Desktop or All Users\Start Menu. > > Tom > > Cris wrote: > > >>I have this one downloaded now. I found instructions to install it so that >>all user's can use it. It does say though, that if you make it your default >>office program, it is then later nearly impossible to change your mind! >>Wondering if I choose to not make it my default, if that is possible, since, >>there isn't another program on here. >>Costco had a student edition for sale of microsoft office - for somewhere a >>little over $100.00 I think. I may have to check that out. This sure gets >>more complicated ! >>Cris To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk