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It is PC Magazine for August 2002 it says 'complete fully working OFFICE SUITE for Windows and Linux - OpenOffice.org 1.0- open source word processing, spreadsheet, presentations and graphics software. Regards Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.macnamaras.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Branagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] SMSQ Source upgrading, & assembling. > > > Its already been done - I got it this month on the front cover of one of the > CD's I bought, for both Windows and Linux. > > I think it was PCW, though I stand to be corrected - just scan your eye > along this months mags in WH Smith or wherever and you'll find it. Also have > a full AVG antivirus package on the same disk. > > > Darren Branagh > Director, Wicklow Web Centre Limited > Computer Training, Web Design, Repairs sales & Upgrades. > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.wwc.ie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Norman Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:58 AM > Subject: RE: [ql-users] SMSQ Source upgrading, & assembling. > > > > > > Ian, > > > > if it's off topic then - oops - and we'll continue on QL-Chat instead. > > > > Have you tried OpenOffice.org yet. > > > > It can read (and write) M$Office format files quite happily and is a free > > download. I have it at home on Linux and on Windows (to replace our aged > > copy of M$Office) and we have no problems with it. A colleague at work has > > yet top find a Word doc that it cannot open - and he has some docs that > even > > Word fails to open, but OOo just does it ! > > > > Try a download (big) from http://www.openoffice.org and be happy. (if the > > size puts you off, wait a couple of weeks for a PC magazine to give it > away > > - Linux Format already did with the Linux version.) > > > > PS. The OOo version has Spreadsheet, Wordy Pro and Presentation built in, > > but no Database. > > I believe the DB stuff was proprietory, so you have to pay (Sun for Start > > Office) to get that feature. > > > > PPS. Not that Access counts as a proper database anyway :o) > > > > ------------------------------------- > > Norman Dunbar > > Database/Unix administrator > > Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tel: 0113 289 6265 > > Fax: 0113 289 3146 > > URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com > > ------------------------------------- > > > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressees named above and > > may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not an addressee > you > > must not read it and must not use any information contained in it, nor > copy > > it, nor inform any person other than Lynx Financial Systems or the > > addressees of its existence or contents. If you have received this email > > and are not a named addressee, please delete it and notify the Lynx > > Financial Systems IT Department on 0113 2892990. > > > >
