-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Open Office... Wow!
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:00:41 -0500
I purchased theOpen CD Disc so I would not have to deal with a 5+ hours
download. I am doing a lot of reading in the help section to learn the
program. Just got a notice that an upgrade is available. My question for
you: Will it take hours to do an upgrade? I am on dialup. I am inclined
to skip the upgrade if it is going to take a long time and possibly require
a download accelerator.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:34 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Open Office... Wow!
> Greywoulf,
> Just to let you know, this free suite is updated relatively often
> (there
> are a lot of developers constantly working on improving it). So remember
> to
> check once in a while to see if there's a newer version.
>
> http://www.openoffice.org
>
> For anyone who's into reading about computer stuff, I highly recommend
> getting a subscription to MaximumPC. As a bonus, if you get the type of
> subscription that includes the CDs, they include this entire suite
> whenever
> it's updated (no need to download the update).
>
> Peace,
> GMan
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DO1212SK" <do1212sk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 5:24 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Open Office... Wow!
>
>
>> Maybe youse guys on this list already know about this program, but I just
>> discovered it, and WoW!
>> I've had Word97 for many years now but no other office programs, as W97
>> always seemed to be enough for me... But lately I've been receiving
>> occasional .XLS and .PPS files and have been (moderately) inconvienenced
>> by
>> my inability to open them... Not wanting to spend $250+ for MS Office in
>> order just to open a few files occasionally, I asked around and was told
>> by
>> a good computer consultant pro to look into Sun's (legal!) Java Open
>> Office
>> program...
>>
>> And so I did. And geez Louise it has a Writer program that works as good
>> as
>> Word (and maybe even better as it creates a greater variety of files) and
>> also creates .DOC and .TXT files! And (now here's the good part) it also
>> contains several other Open Office programs that quite easily open,
>> handle,
>> and create .XLS and .PPS files!
>>
>> And it's free! Sun just puts it out there for any and all to have,
>> requesting only a small donation or asking (preferrably!) that
>> knowledgable
>> people submit improvements to the system..!
>>
>> I didn't know such good things still existed in the home computer
>> world...
>> So as I said earlier, WoW!
>>
>> greywoulf ">})
>
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