So the issue is that you have a large .doc file that cannot be opened in OpenOffice, or has been corrupted somehow and now Word cannot open it either? Does the .doc reside on an NTFS partition? Has it been backed up?
On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 10:13, Kenneth Koym wrote: > Hello Siglinux fellow members, Dialogue-Producing Consortium - Una > convocatoria, el consorcio de dialogo has been > > > listed with the UT Austin Volunteer Center > http://www.volunteersolutions.org/ut/volunteer/opp/ > > for years. Since about December 1st, we have unsuccessfully tried to > get up and running, using old machines owned by individuals who > volunteer their services as they done for years. Jeff Strunk and > Patrick Lang and Mr. Chander who is not a siglunix member have > graciously helped. But, the undersigned still is not moving with > Fedora. Perhaps this is not the best machine. We ask any cooperative > siglinux member to check out the value or lack of it on the UT page > and if there is an operating sys defect to express concerns to the > Volunteer Center, especially if you do not find the page. Hackers or a > email "gang" began sending virus attacks and hammering our > www.dialoguemakers.org site which is under review by Mandi Golman a > graduating senior in the Government school and volunteers on her team. > We note in Fedora, you find Open Office 1.1. Errors arise with a > 250 page document both in Office 2000Pro and this Open Office 1.1 > program due to the settings that were not made during the install fest > and this Senior citizen doesn't know the lingo for finishing set-up > and he is strangled with the Office 2000 Pro giving a winword.exe > program error. So, an effort to approach the publication of a book > that produces dialogue and international understanding is disabled due > to a lack of ability to crawl ahead. > On our Dell inspiron 7000, we have put forth an unanswered > question about the list for Dell linux > installs at http://www.linux-laptop.net/. I > didn't see my system listed and asked do you believe we could use the linux for > Dell Inspiron 7500, which is found in the list on our 7000. This forced us to go to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lots of answers for questions we had not thought of. > Before we abandon the use of linux due to the "beginner > syndrome," we will accept your assist. Recall nonprofits like us are > given a few breaks but with the heavy work loads it is tough to break > through and know exactly how to proceed. Thanks to Jeff Gardner for > listening to an earlier plea. Austin-free net connected us to > Charityfocus.org and options to buy an ibook laptop with I believe > Mac Os software on it. That'd be nice, but. > > Please advise us how to proceed as if you're advising a foreign government. We do > research on > violence and lynchings in Guatemala without a grant at this point. Personally, on a > senior's > retirement income, every dime counts, and a less virus vulnerable would greatly aid > the heavy work load I must try to put these old computers through as I return to the > "jungle" where 817 lynchings took place from 1996 when the Peace Accords were signed > and the end of 2002; in three months this year close to 24 lynchings have occurred, > one of whom was a 33-year old > justice of peace. In one month in El Salvador, Bruce Harris the director of Casa > Alianza says 100 street youth are killed. The same Mara gang that these youth are > believed to run with are prevalent in Guatemala where the census is also high. It is > described in the book in draft form and available to any siglinux member who might > wish to read. > It would be nice to get up and run using what we have. Just getting the > settings right would help! > Being we are a small nonprofit, we work from a residential setting located at > 5605 Woodrow Apt 9 found 1.5 blocks South from Honda on Koenig (or 2222). Woodrow > runs parallel between Burnet Rd and Lamar. Welcome. > Thanks. > Kenneth Koym, Tel 512.458.2085 > Jeffrey Gardner wrote: > > Good Luck... > > be sure to check out http://www.linux-laptop.net/ > > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 21:22, Brian Frank wrote: > > > > > Hi, I’ll be doing my first linux (debian) install ever soon on my new laptop > > > and thought I’d join this list; wish me luck! > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.605 / Virus Database: 385 - Release Date: 3/1/2004 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Siglinux mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://machito.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Siglinux mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://machito.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux > > > > . > > > > _______________________________________________ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://machito.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
