Thank-you very much, this helped a lot. On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> -------- Original Message -------- > From: David Paley > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 23:58:03 -0800 > > > I sent a friend of mine some writing I did a couple days ago, and since > she > > was having trouble opening it with the .doc extension I sent it to her > > with, I sent her another copy in the Open Office extension that I wrote > it > > on. She downloaded the Apple Open Office app to read it and got told she > > needed the Premium Edition which she would have to pay for. I thought > Open > > Office was a free program. Am I mistaken? > > Hi David, > Apache OpenOffice is free and there is no "Premium" edition. However, > Apache does not produce an edition for Apple IOS devices (eg. iPhone, > iPad, etc.) It sounds like your friend downloaded a third party app. > This link: http://www.ipadwordprocessing.com/openoffice-for-ipad > explains the position in more detail. > If your friend only needs to read, not edit, your document, send it to > her in PDF format (ie. From Writer's main menu use the "File -> Send -> > Email as PDF..." option.). The IOS PDF Reader is a free app. > Hope this helps. > Dave > > > -- [image: --] David Brian Paley [image: http://]about.me/dbp54 <http://about.me/dbp54?promo=email_sig>
