[users] Open office and Vista

2008-01-29 Thread Terrance N. James
I have been using Open Office version 1.1.0 on XP for four years. My problem is that I have just bought a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium Edition and cannot load this version. Is it possible or do I need an update?

Re: [users] Open office and Vista

2008-01-29 Thread James Knott
Terrance N. James wrote: I have been using Open Office version 1.1.0 on XP for four years. My problem is that I have just bought a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium Edition and cannot load this version. Is it possible or do I need an update? Version 1.1.1 is very old and

[users] Open Office and Vista

2007-09-02 Thread DianneGardner42
I am using version 2.2 of Open Office.org. I have been trying to open my MS Access database and have not been able to. I have been trying to follow the instructions on the website, but I have VISTA, and it does not seem to be the same. What do I need to do to open my database? Thank you.

[users] Open office and vista

2007-08-19 Thread Richard Machado
Does open office work with Vista? I downloaded your product, but I do not know how to get the applications onto the desktop so I can try them. The install program did not put icons on the desktop. Richard - To unsubscribe,

Re: [users] Open office and vista

2007-08-19 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Richard Machado [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon 20 Aug 2007 05:23:57 EST Does open office work with Vista? Yes. I downloaded your product, but I do not know how to get the applications onto the desktop so I can try them. The install program did not put

Re: [users] Open office and vista

2007-08-19 Thread James Knott
Richard Machado wrote: Does open office work with Vista? I downloaded your product, but I do not know how to get the applications onto the desktop so I can try them. The install program did not put icons on the desktop. Richard OpenOffice does not put icons on the desktop. It

Re: [users] Open Office for Vista OS

2007-07-18 Thread jonathon
not work and I had to uninstall it. Is there an Open Office version ready for Vista? The more significant question is whether or not you need to use the features that are crippled in Vista Home Edition, or not. Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, and Windows Vista Enterprise Edition are the

Re: [users] Open Office for Vista OS

2007-07-18 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 18/07/07, jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: not work and I had to uninstall it. Is there an Open Office version ready for Vista? The more significant question is whether or not you need to use the features that are crippled in Vista Home Edition, or not. Windows Vista Ultimate Edition,

Re: [users] Open Office for Vista OS

2007-07-18 Thread jonathon
Harold Fuchs wrote: Please would you share with us the ways in which the versions of Vista other than Ultimate and Enterprise are crippled, or point us at links where we Multilingual input is the most frequently listed crippled feature on this list. Microsoft has a page announcing with great

Re: [users] Open Office for Vista OS

2007-07-18 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 18/07/07, jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: Please would you share with us the ways in which the versions of Vista other than Ultimate and Enterprise are crippled, or point us at links where we Multilingual input is the most frequently listed crippled feature on this

Re: [users] Open Office for Vista OS

2007-07-18 Thread M Henri Day
2007/7/18, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 18/07/07, jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: Please would you share with us the ways in which the versions of Vista other than Ultimate and Enterprise are crippled, or point us at links where we Multilingual input is the

Re: [users] Open Office for Vista OS

2007-07-18 Thread Harold Fuchs
M Henri Day wrote: 2007/7/18, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 18/07/07, jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: Please would you share with us the ways in which the versions of Vista other than Ultimate and Enterprise are crippled, or point us at links where we

Re: [users] Open Office for Vista OS

2007-07-18 Thread linuxmaillists
On Wednesday 18 July 2007 18:37:12 Harold Fuchs wrote: M Henri Day wrote: 2007/7/18, Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 18/07/07, jonathon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: Please would you share with us the ways in which the versions of Vista other than

[users] Open Office for Vista OS

2007-07-17 Thread ROIZCO
I have Open Office in my old Windows 98 computer. I downloaded it a couple or months ago in a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premiun OS, but it did not work and I had to uninstall it. Is there an Open Office version ready for Vista? Thank you Jose Roiz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Open Office for Vista OS

2007-07-17 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:29:23 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an Open Office version ready for Vista? The OpenOffice that is available for download through the big green button on the OpenOffice website apparently works on Vista just fine. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~

[users] Open Office Windows Vista

2007-03-15 Thread Earl Scott
I recently had to buy a new computer. Gateway GT5411E, 280 gig. I downloaded Open Office and tried to use it, however, I got the message of Wrong operating system. When I checked System Requirements, the last mentioned system was Xp. Does this mean that Open Office will not work on Windows

Re: [users] Open Office Windows Vista

2007-03-15 Thread Nomax
Earl Scott a écrit : I recently had to buy a new computer. Gateway GT5411E, 280 gig. I downloaded Open Office and tried to use it, however, I got the message of Wrong operating system. When I checked System Requirements, the last mentioned system was Xp. Does this mean that Open Office

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-05 Thread Tom Chilton
Paul, It will probably be a little while till definitive papers are researched, written, sent for publishing, peer reviewed, and published... Good point | had somewhat overlooked that... http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1152301.1152302 Brilliant, thanks. I always thought Apple were

[users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Hartford Matthews
Does Open office work well on Vista? I use Open Office now on XP and swear by it. But I need upgrade my Laptop. Ann all of the new laptops of cousre come with Vista. I thank you for you help. Hartford Matthews Evolution Music Marketing 1.313.585.6268 (direct) 1.866.433.1675 ext. 1 (toll

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Paul
Does Open office work well on Vista? OOo works on Vista. There are a few eye candy issues with the current release of OOo which will be corrected in the next version. /paul -- Vista is dramatically more secure than any other operating system released Bill Gates Huh ?? Defender doesn't stop

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Michael Adams
On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:54:16 -0800 (PST) Hartford Matthews wrote: Does Open office work well on Vista? I use Open Office now on XP and swear by it. But I need upgrade my Laptop. Ann all of the new laptops of cousre come with Vista. I thank you for you help. Most industry advisers are

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Tom Chilton
Michael, I am interested in your statement; Most industry advisers are recommending you not switch to vista yet, at least, most those that aren't retailers. Could you state your reference for this? Is it from a journal paper? By 'most' I presume you mean some number over 50%. I'm doing a

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Harold Fuchs
Tom Chilton wrote: Michael, I am interested in your statement; Most industry advisers are recommending you not switch to vista yet, at least, most those that aren't retailers. Could you state your reference for this? Is it from a journal paper? By 'most' I presume you mean some number over

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Tom Chilton
Harold, Thanks for the info, Does anyone have anything a little more 'academic.' Something I might quote in a paper, I think I would be in trouble if I said 'most' without some backup. Tom -- Tom Chilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Harold Fuchs
Tom Chilton wrote: Harold, Thanks for the info, Does anyone have anything a little more 'academic.' Something I might quote in a paper, I think I would be in trouble if I said 'most' without some backup. snip MIT academic enough? http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/winvista/fastfacts.pdf and

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Tom Chilton
MIT academic enough? Unfortunately not, as far as I can tell none of these sources have undergone an independent review process, but rather are MIT's strategy for 'dealing' with the (*ahem* problem of) Vista. However they are useful and appreciated nonetheless. Tom

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread James Knott
Tom Chilton wrote: Michael, I am interested in your statement; Most industry advisers are recommending you not switch to vista yet, at least, most those that aren't retailers. Could you state your reference for this? Is it from a journal paper? By 'most' I presume you mean some number over

RE: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread rob
- From: James Knott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 March 2007 02:12 To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Open Office and Vista Tom Chilton wrote: Michael, I am interested in your statement; Most industry advisers are recommending you not switch to vista yet, at least, most those

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Paul
Could you state your reference for this? Is it from a journal paper? I would suggest that final version of Vista hasn't been out long enough for peer reviewed papers to get published yet (I assume your thinking of stuff like ACM, IEEE, etc...). A Google scholar quick search didn't turn up much

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Michael Adams
On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:11:37 -0500 James Knott wrote: Tom Chilton wrote: Michael, I am interested in your statement; Most industry advisers are recommending you not switch to vista yet, at least, most those that aren't retailers. Could you state your reference for this? Is it from

Re: [users] Open Office and Vista

2007-03-04 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:33:13 +1300 Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:11:37 -0500 James Knott wrote: Tom Chilton wrote: Michael, I am interested in your statement; Most industry advisers are recommending you not switch to vista yet, at least, most those that aren't

Re: [users] Open Office on Vista

2007-02-25 Thread Carol Ron
Dan Lewis wrote: On Saturday February 24 2007 9:08 am, Carol Ron wrote: I have just purchased a computer which has Windows Vista Home Premium as operating system. If I download OpenOffice 2.1, will it run on Vista? Thanks very much Ron Yes it will Dan

[users] Open Office on Vista

2007-02-24 Thread Carol Ron
I have just purchased a computer which has Windows Vista Home Premium as operating system. If I download OpenOffice 2.1, will it run on Vista? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Open Office on Vista

2007-02-24 Thread Dan Lewis
On Saturday February 24 2007 9:08 am, Carol Ron wrote: I have just purchased a computer which has Windows Vista Home Premium as operating system. If I download OpenOffice 2.1, will it run on Vista? Yes it will Dan -