Hello , Thursday, June 30, 2005, 6:39:38 PM, you wrote:
> I'm interested in downloading your office suite product to CD. I > have read up on the product as much as I can comprehend on your web > site and, of course, am always interested in free package software > that will safely accomplish what I need. I recently purchased, > through Dell, two discounted PCs which did not come preloaded with > many of the word processor and publishing programs I am used to > using. I need to transfer files from MS word, MS Works, MS > publisher, MS Excel etal. > My first question is twofold; will I be able to read these files > with your program and will I be able to create files that others > can read with their existing word programs? First, Welcome to OpenOffice.Org(Oo.O). Regarding your question, Oo.O can open MS office(MSO) files, as long as they do not contain macros. Oo.O does not work/compatible with MS Office macros. However, given that, it can work with other aspects of the same. Yes, You can create MSO files in Oo.O and open on MSO without any problem so long as they are in MSO native file formats, viz., DOC, XLS etc. MSO cannot open or work with Oo.O files. TO get more information on the same, refer to the migration guide at http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html > Secondly, if I choose > to install this suite on my hard drive, will it dominate other > programs? Third, if, in fact, I find that I do not like the program > for any reason, can I uninstall without corrupting other files or > programs? You should not associate files with MSO extensions during installation. Also you can safely un-install the same in case you do not like it for any reason, which may be highly unlikely. I have been using the same from the past 2+ years, without any problems. > While these are obvious concerns, if I find it to be a valuable > asset, I will certainly spread the news to many others. You are Welcome. Please refer to the footers below for additional info, regarding Oo.O. Wish you good luck. -- Best regards, Narayana @Vsp.IN ;an OpenOffice.org Contributor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] Please note that users@openoffice.org is a mailing list and is the best e-mail address you can use when you have a problem / question about OpenOffice.org (Oo.O). [2] Also note that it is a moderated e-mail list and most replies *only* go to the mailing list. So you should really consider subscribing by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [3] There are many questions asked and answered on the users mailing list every day. If you find that is a lot of mail to cope with, then you can read the messages to these lists on http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions **or** subscribe to the digest version of the list by emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] [4] To know more of and increase your knowledge about Oo.O please refer to http://documentation.openoffice.org/, where you have a number of FAQ's, Guides, etc., which may have already answered your question. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Time is now 10:42:16 AM (IST) on Friday, July 1, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
