melchar wrote: > However, I just spent 12 hours totday trying to download the > darned thing and my dial-up BOTH times at about the 6-7 hour mark > dropped signal and the download stopped. And then would not > re-establish the download at where it stopped, so I had to do it all > over again. > > Another 60-odd megs and disconnect. Aggggg! > > Is there ANY possible way to JUST have a smaller file of only > simple word processing with nothing fancy for dial-up users? So I can > maybe download it and use the program? > > I ordered the CD a few months back and it wouldn't work on my > laptop. Tried it a couple of times and was told by a chum when it > wouldn't work in his machine [or a 2nd laptop I got thereafter] that the > CD was bad. [gee thanks] > > I don't have ANY choice at this point but ordering ANOTHER CD > that I -hope- works this time because, even with all the [insert swear > swords here] problems I've had with trying to get this program - MS Word > is -worse-! > > And yes, I emailed earlier - and am just really despondant > right now. > > Barbara > Hi Barbara
That is tough, especially getting a bad CD. Do you use a download manager? There are several shown on the Download page of OOo http://download.openoffice.org/index.html Another alternative is peer-to-peer, as this checks each "chunk" as it downloads and will reload anything missing. Unfortunately (perhaps) a word processor alone would decrease the download size by about 10% as most of the code is shared between the various segments of the suite. HTH Russell Please reply _only_ to users@openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
