Dear Tony, I am not sure when OpenOffice started for Windows. The public version of Star Office did run on Windows NT and 98, and can output to formats readable and usable by the current OpenOffice.
Another possibility might be (if the machine has a CD drive) getting a live Linux CD and running Open Office on that. Regards, David Young On Wednesday 26 January 2011 10.54.32 am Tony Dymott wrote: > Good Morning, > > > > I am looking for Open Office to run on a Windows 98 PC, is there a > download? Or would I need to order a disk? > > > > My father in law is very active within the National Traction engine > Archives and has been given a set of floppy disks that can only be opened > using Open Office (I think they are an old Word Pad format). The data > really needs to be available to many users and the conversion of these > documents to a modern format is his goal. > > > > The snag is his PC is an old Win 98 and he does not want to upgrade for > many reasons. > > > > Didn't know if you are able to help. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Tony Dymott -- Young Architects (Pty) Ltd +267 397 1181 Gaborone --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
