RE: [users] MS office to openoffice

2009-09-20 Thread Satiesh Bansode
Subject: Re: [users] MS office to openoffice Satiesh Bansode wrote: Dear, I am planning to shift from ms office to openoffice 3. I have learned that its free, is it correct? OpenOffice.org is a free download from www.openoffice.org. You are free to install use it on as many computers as you

[users] MS office to openoffice

2009-09-17 Thread Satiesh Bansode
Dear, I am planning to shift from ms office to openoffice 3. I have learned that its free, is it correct? also let me know whether it supports all the fuctions like email(outlook),word,excel and power point? if i receive any doc file of ms office will it get converted automatically into

Re: [users] MS office to openoffice

2009-09-17 Thread James Knott
Satiesh Bansode wrote: Dear, I am planning to shift from ms office to openoffice 3. I have learned that its free, is it correct? OpenOffice.org is a free download from www.openoffice.org. You are free to install use it on as many computers as you wish. You are also encouraged to pass it

Re: [users] MS office to openoffice

2009-09-17 Thread Pierre
Satiesh Bansode wrote: whether it supports all the fuctions like email(outlook),word,excel and power point? There is a Send command on the File menu, much the same as in the MS-Office suite. It is supposed to interface with your default email client software. I use Thunderbird. However,

Re: [users] MS office to openoffice

2009-09-17 Thread James Knott
Pierre wrote: Satiesh Bansode wrote: whether it supports all the fuctions like email(outlook),word,excel and power point? There is a Send command on the File menu, much the same as in the MS-Office suite. It is supposed to interface with your default email client software. I use

Re: [users] MS office to openoffice

2009-09-17 Thread Fred A. Miller
Pierre wrote: Satiesh Bansode wrote: whether it supports all the fuctions like email(outlook),word,excel and power point? There is a Send command on the File menu, much the same as in the MS-Office suite. It is supposed to interface with your default email client software. I use

Re: [users] MS office to openoffice

2009-09-17 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 05:21:35PM -0400, James Knott wrote: Pierre wrote: Satiesh Bansode wrote: whether it supports all the fuctions like email(outlook),word,excel and power point? There is a Send command on the File menu, much the same as in the MS-Office suite. It is supposed to

Re: [users] MS office to openoffice

2009-09-17 Thread Pierre
Fred A. Miller wrote: 'Works fine in openSUSE 11.1. Not for me :) - no matter, I only use Linux for trivial things, a file server and the home entertainment system (MythTV). I don't think it's up there for the Desktop. -- Pierre Worrigee, NSW, ,-._|\ / Oz \ \_,--._/