On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:47:36 +1200 Barry wrote: > snip...... > > > >>With Open Office, are there seperat versions for > >>Windows and Linux, I know it will run in both, but just need to know if > >>I need to dowload another copy for use in Linux. > > > > Yes. OpenOffice.org has been produced to run in separate versions for > > Windows and Linux. So yes you will need to have another binary to run > > under Linux. However you will find that all the Linux distributions have > > it as part of their offerings on the CD/DVD. > > > > > >>Thanks for all the help so far > >>Alan Hughes > > > Hi Alan, > > Just a tip for Oo as you are running it under windows and (hopefully > soon) Linux.... If you create a separate dos/win formatted partition to > hold your data files, these files can be readily accessed from both > platforms. Then if you create a file under linux and need to return to > windows the file is still readily accessible. Just watch the you use the > same file format under both systems. > > Barry
Or else create all your documents on a linux ext2 or ext3 file system and use the windows drivers to allow access to that file system when in windows. http://www.fs-driver.org/ > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
