> Does the [current version of] Open Office install like MS Office > with registry entries that make it difficult / impossible to run it > from a portable hard drive (without using some specialty utility > such as U3), or can it simply be installed on a portable hard drive > and run from any machine it is plugged into (like Eudora can be, if > the settings/data directory is set to be the program files > directory, or some directory on the portable hard drive)?
I have read, but have not personally tried this: You can simply move the OpenOffice folder that is in Program Files from one computer to another. This strongly suggests that you can do exactly what you want to do. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
