Alex Stillwell wrote: > Hi Rory > > Thank you very much for your help, I'll have another go. I offered to > help Open Office a while ago, I am an ex teacher and author and thought > I would help with keeping wording suitable for non computer literates > like myself, but I am not sufficiently computer literate to be part of > the team. > > Best wishes to all at Open Office > > Alex > Alex;
Your writing and teaching skills could be of great value to the documentation effort currently underway. Take a look at the Documentation Orientation page at http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html. I look forward to seeing you on the documentation team. Regards Keith N. McKenna > -----Original Message----- From: Rory O'Farrell > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 11:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Alex Stillwell > Subject: Re: download > > On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:32:14 -0000 > "Alex Stillwell" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I would like to download the latest update but keep getting other >> material to update. I am a silver surfer and would like to download >> just the latest Open Office and then be able to add on one at a time. >> You have me down as a business – yes, I write books and sell them but >> I am not a CEO or anything else and do not earn sufficient to pay tax >> on it. And I do not see what it has to do with you and why I have to >> give this information before downloading. I would be happy to fill in >> a questionnaire, unfortunately I find your attitude very aggressive. >> >> your sincerely Alexandra Stillwell >> > > If you are getting other material, this is because OO is opensource and > many sites manipulate search engines so that they come high on the hit > list, and compile OO with unwanted add-ons or charge for it with > spurious offers of support, or as you are finding have (amongst other > things) intrusive questionaires. > > The aggression you report is coming from such a rogue site, which is > nothing to do with the OpenOffice project. > > I suggest you remove the existing print of OpenOffice, run indepth > Macware and antivirus scabs, then follow my suggestions below. > > OpenOffice should be downloaded _only_ from > http://www.openoffice.org/download > > This site will redirect you to a SourceForge site and your download will > start in about five seconds with no need to click on anything else (Do > NOT click on anything else). > > One can verify that the downloaded file is as it left the code factory > by the methods described in > http://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html > > When you install, you will be asked to enter your name and initials. > This is only for internal use on your computer to identify you from > other users on the same computer (such as other family members). This > information is not (repeat: NOT) transmitted outside of your computer. > > We recommend downloading only from the above site. >
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