Re: [MBZ] Cheap Microsoft Office 2007

On 9/30/07, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lotus had (might still have) a very nice integrated package called SmartSuite that most users seemed to prefer over MSOffice once they learned enough to make an intelligent choice (and here is where the stories about MS come in). --R

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Yeah, I posted that last week. I also tried to download the apps -- took 3 hours on a DSL line at about 8k/sec avg, and then it wouldn't run or do anything once I got it unpacked. Stick to OpenOffice. --R Ed Booher wrote: On 9/30/07, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lotus had

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Rich Thomas wrote: Yeah, I posted that last week. I also tried to download the apps -- took 3 hours on a DSL line at about 8k/sec avg, I get 3kbyte/sec on my dial-up at 26.4kbps, and I thought that was bad. 8k on DSL sounds horrible, is it your DSL or was the originating server that

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IBM servers. Go figure. --R Mitch Haley wrote: Rich Thomas wrote: Yeah, I posted that last week. I also tried to download the apps -- took 3 hours on a DSL line at about 8k/sec avg, I get 3kbyte/sec on my dial-up at 26.4kbps, and I thought that was bad. 8k on DSL sounds

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I didn't have any trouble downloading nor installing it, but I did have trouble with the rendering of the forms at work - looked horrible (Same with open office). On 10/1/07, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IBM servers. Go figure. --R -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK There are three kinds

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Lotus had (might still have) a very nice integrated package called SmartSuite that most users seemed to prefer over MSOffice once they learned enough to make an intelligent choice (and here is where the stories about MS come in). IBM decided not to push it too hard, so it has sorta faded

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Lotus 1-2-3 bites, and Microsoft was quite smart enough to clone Wingz, the sharp little spreadsheet program for the Mac and use it instead of VisiCalc as the basis for Excel. Not a particularly good program, even today, but we never did get 1-2-3 to print on anything but a dot matrix wide

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Microsoft Office 2007 It seems than at Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:28:18 -0400, LarryT wrote: Hi Luther, When you say OpenSource are you referring to Abiword? It's an OpenSource word processor but perhaps OpenSource is a generic term? Open source, free software, other similar terms are used

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To: Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cheap Microsoft Office 2007 It seems than at Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:28:18 -0400, LarryT wrote: Hi Luther, When you say OpenSource are you referring to Abiword? It's an OpenSource word processor but perhaps

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You mean OpenOffice? :) www.openoffice.org -- Luther KB5QHUAlma, Ark '87 300SDL (272,xxx mi) head case '85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x58,xxx mi) BioBeast '82 300CD (166 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) getting donor engine-sold '85 300D (280,176) parts car sans engine Quoting LarryT [EMAIL

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On 9/16/07, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: www.openoffice.org an even better deal --R And, if for some reason you have something against *free* open source software, you can now get the parent app, Sun Star Office (*pay* closed source), for free as well.

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On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:39:04 -0400 Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/16/07, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: www.openoffice.org an even better deal --R And, if for some reason you have something against *free* open source software, you can now get the parent app, Sun Star

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On 9/19/07, Craig McCluskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=engl=us Google Pack requires Windows XP or Vista Craig So does Microsoft Office 2007, which is what started the conversation, so the assumption must be that interested parties are

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It seems than at Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:28:18 -0400, LarryT wrote: Hi Luther, When you say OpenSource are you referring to Abiword? It's an OpenSource word processor but perhaps OpenSource is a generic term? Open source, free software, other similar terms are used to describe the type of

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. - Original Message - From: Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cheap Microsoft Office 2007 I've used open office for over a year now. It can do everything Micro$#!t can do

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: Re: [MBZ] Cheap Microsoft Office 2007 I've used open office for over a year now. It can do everything Micro$#!t can do that the average user needs. It has most of the features that most advanced users need. You can't beat the price and cross-platform-compatibility with Win/Mac/Linux/Sparc

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- From: Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cheap Microsoft Office 2007 I've used open office for over a year now. It can do everything Micro$#!t can do that the average user needs. It has most

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It seems than at Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:55:55 -0400, LarryT wrote: Agree mostly. The one thing I use all the time in Word if printing envelopes. Perhaps Open does it also and I haven't found it yet. Other than that - and considering it;s free makes it a very good Suite. I can't speak for

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I've used open office for over a year now. It can do everything Micro$#!t can do that the average user needs. It has most of the features that most advanced users need. You can't beat the price and cross-platform-compatibility with Win/Mac/Linux/Sparc/Solaris/FreeBSD etc. Luther On Sun,

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www.openoffice.org an even better deal --R LWB250 wrote: I am far from a Microsoft pimp, but as an educational customer, I get this crap all the time... http://www.theultimatesteal.com/home.asp If you've got a student in the house and a machine that runs Windoze this is a hell of a deal.

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I got openoffice with my new refurb laptop. Seems to work very well! -- Regards, Peter T. Arnold 2007 HHR, 2.4L/Auto, LT2, 12Kmi, No problems! 1987 300SDL 280KMI Inherited by Grandson 1995 F-250 PowerChoke 199Kmi 1954 Metropolitan Convertible, Hanger Queen Wife has a Cruizer, 80 Kmi, as

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