-------- Original Message -------- From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri 14 Mar 2008 10:21:28 EST
A. Stephan Lanczi wrote:Dear Sir:I could use some help in getting started in using Open Office specialy in how to install Icons to start various parts of the software. I would also like to know if it is possible to use your software to use instead of Microsoft Word. Presently i do not have spell check on my computer, because i'm disabled and could not afford to purchase a word processor. I have been disabled since 1990 and now i'm officialy retired. I'm 66 years old and i'm not a computer viz, though i have worked on the hardware end for many years as a trouble shooter and trainig other technologists at the engineering end as an engineering technologist.I have also a friend in my building who possibly could use your program. He is involved a lot in photography and can not presently open a lot of attachments because he has no Microsoft office installed on his system. If your program can handle the task and compatible as a replacement, than i will help him download the program on his system. I help him a lot with his problems since he knows a lot less about computers than i do. He is 77 years old and was an electrician.If you have any users manuals available for the program, it would help me a lot to get started.You can download OpenOffice for free from www.openoffice.org. Just download the latest version and install it. To install on Windows, just double click on the file you downloaded. After the installation has completed, you'll find an OpenOffice folder and icons in your Start menu. If you want icons on the desktop, you can make short cuts from the ones in your Start menu. OpenOffice includes a spell checker.
In addition to Jame's answer, you will find a lot of information (documentation, manuals, How-tos, etc.) from the links on this page:
http://support.openoffice.org/index.htmlFree support is always available through this list. I would make one small request, that if you do post to users@openoffice.org please put something meaningful in the "Subject" line of your email. Some days we receive over 100 posts and the subject line helps us identify posts that we may be able answer and helps keep our message archive a little better organized.
Yes, you can use OOo in place of MS Office. The current version cannot open the latest MS Office 2007 default "OOXML" file format, but this facility will be added to an upcoming release.
For specific information about using spell checking in OOo, I recommend you read the following:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=67 Hope this helps Dave -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only. You should also be aware that all details of messages posted to this list are publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection For mailing list info see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/
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