Thank you..appreciate your responding with doable suggestions. -------------- Original message -------------- From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I read about openoffice.org in "Bottom Line Personal" and I believe it fits > > a > need I have...opening some old Microsoft Office documents I copied from my > old > computer which had the Office software to my new computer which does not have > the software. > > I started to download openoffice but stopped when I received the message > something to the effect that it would take 10-13 hours....is this true, it > takes > that long? > > > > > > That depends on how you're downloading. If you have a dial up modem, > then yes it will take several hours. Do you have broadband access > somewhere else, such as work, friend or library? If so, you can > download it there and copy to a USB drive or CD, to bring home. Failing > that, you can buy a copy of OpenOffice from vendors, who will sell it > for a nominal cost. You may also be able to find a disk, containing > OpenOffice, included with some magazines. > > A list of CD vendors can be found here. > http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html#cdrom > We cannot vouch for any vendor. Make sure you get the latest version of > OpenOffice, currently 3.0. >
