2008/10/7 Joanne Genna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Hi, I recently downloaded the program and used it to convert my Microsoft
> Works charts and documents over to Excel and Word. Can I do something with
> my address book I used to make my address labels. I had typed 100 addresses
> in last year, before I had Word in my computer, and don't want to lose all
> of that work. What are my options? Do I have any?
>
> Please advise,
>
> Thank you for your kind attention,
>
> J. Genna
>

Er. Do you really mean "Excel" and "Word"? If so you've come to the wrong
place. This is a worldwide group of volunteers who use of OpenOffice.org's
office suite and who help other users of that software. Word and Excel are
Microsoft products and have nothing to do with OpenOffice.org. If you need
help with those products, please contact Microsoft or one of the many
internet/web forums that discuss problems using its products.

OpenOffice.org is *free* software that competes quite successfully with
Microsoft Office. You can download it from www.openoffice.org. When I say
it's free, I mean you don't pay to download it (other than what your ISP may
charge), you don't pay to use it and you don't pay for support.
Documentation is also free on the web site. OpenOffice.org has components
that correspond to Microsoft Office's programs:
Microsoft     OpenOffice.org
Word           Writer
Excel           Calc
Powerpoint  Impress
Access       Base
-                  Draw for creating drawings, charts etc.
-                  Math for creating complex mathematical formulae

OpenOffice.org can read Excel and Word documents except the newest "2007"
format. That facility is coming with version 3 due very soon.

If you decide to install OpenOffice, take a look at chapter 11 on Mailmerge
in the OpenOffice.org documentation at
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2  . If you get stuck,
do come back here for help.


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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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