How much hard drive space do you have free?
How much RAM memory do you have?
System Requirements for OpenOffice.org 2.0
Microsoft Windows
Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher),
Windows XP, Windows 2003
128 Mbytes RAM
200 Mbytes available disk space
800 x 600 or higher resolution with at least 256 colours
This list of requirements came from the OOo web site
I have loaded OOo 2.x.x on several laptops and desktops frm Win 98 to XP/Pro
and Processor Speed from Pentium 200 through Athlon 3200+
Do not worry. You most likely can run OOo on your laptop.
Try it. If you do not like it, then uninstall it.
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Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] Install Writer Only
Thankyou for that information and do you think a lap top has enough memory
for it? is it a big program? after having to send it back for a new hard
drive when I don't use it a lot I am so afraid of messing it up. Also will
the spell checker work with outlook express? as I don't know how to get
Outlook.
Thank you for your patience.
Carol Wonfor
On Wed, 13 December, 2006 3:00 am, Dave Barton wrote:
On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 20:09 +0000, Carol Wonfor wrote:
I have windows XP home on a laptop with no word or outlook I am used
to using word and I see yours is compatible but not being a very
competent computer user I see I can download open office for free but I
would like to just download the writer is this possible as I don't want
to put stuff on computer I don't need, it is only a few months old and
it has already been back and they put in a new hard drive.
I'm not really sure of the implications of downloading it as I was
just told to get onto the site by a friend.
Can you help me with what I need
Thank you Carol Wonfor
OOo (OpenOffice.org) is not a collection of separate programs, it is one
unified office suite built around a large common core. Consequently, you
cannot download individual components (eg. the Writer word processor).
Although you have to download the complete package you can, using the
custom install option, choose to install just the components you wish to
use. I would advise against this option, as you will save very little in
terms of disk space and you may loose access to some additional helpful
functions within OOo.
If you do not wish to go through the download process (which is not
difficult) you can obtain a copy on CD for a small (around US$10.00)
charge
from one of the distributors listed here:
http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html#cdrom
Make sure they are offering the latest version (ie. 2.1.0)
Hope this helps.
Dave
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