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Thank
you for understanding what I was getting at Dany....my first e-mail was written
under the influence of cough syrup and bleary eyes so I may not have stated
myself to well.
If I understand the question correctly, he would
be looking for a lightweight way of reading OOo files.
If he only has a
16Meg USB key installing OO is probably not an option.
I know this sounds
bad, but I usually save the file in .doc format, since both MS and OO can open
the files I can open them anywhere (yes some of the formatting may be
affected).
Later
Dany Allard
Kevin Anderson wrote:
Why wouldn't you just install OO. That has the viewer, editing capabilities,
and it's free. For what purpose would there also be a viewer?
Kev.
On Tuesday 18 January 2005 21:55, Cameron Nikitiuk wrote:
Hi All,
Was sitting around wondering if there are file viewers available for
OpenOffice.org/StarOffice file formats. I am thinking of something similar
to Microsoft's offering of WOrd, Excell & PowerPoint readers that will
allow to you to view and print but not edit the files.
Ideally I would mind the extra functionality of being able to edit the file
as well. In the few minutes of ggogling I did I couldn;t really find much
but I thought I remembered something about AbiWord. I went to
abisource.com and sure enough there appears to be a plug-in for OOo files
and for SO 5.x files. ANyone have experience with these? Better
suggestions?
I am looking for something that I could potentially load on a USB key. I
know abiword can fit on a key and will run within a windows environment so
that is an option, but I don't want to limit myself.
Also, am looking for a spreadsheet and presentation program similar to
aboword that would ideally fi on a usb key and offering the same type of
funtionality I was refering to above.
My thinking with this is that if people knoew of the file viewers available
for OOo and SO, then that might aid in the migration to the those products.
If you were able to offer up OOo/SO files from your website but also
provide people with the readers, then people might think twice about
"choosing" or feeling forced to purchase MS office.
Sorry for the rambling...is getting late and I am tired.. and under the
weather!! :-(
Cameron
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