John Boyle wrote: > Russell Butler wrote: >> Robyn wrote: >> >>> I thought this was supposed to work without or instead of office >>> works. I refuse to pay such a large sum (on war widow's pension) for >>> a programme that really bugs me ... it takes over everything! >>> >>> I look forward to hearing from you regards, Robyn Jenkins >>> >> Hello Robyn >> >> You are quite right to refuse to pay, OpenOffice.org (OOo) is available >> *free* from download.openoffice.org If someone has wanted to charge you >> for it, then you may be being "ripped off." There are people who claim >> to offer extra services for OOo and charge for those, but you certainly >> don't _have_ to get it from them. >> >> OpenOffice.org can work as a replacement for Microsoft Office and has >> good (but not perfect) interoperability with MS Office. It will not open >> or save native MS Works documents, however. >> >> Have a look around on http://www.openoffice.org/ where you will find >> lots of good information, and come back to the list if you have any >> further questions. >> >> Russell >> >> >> >> > To Russell and Users: Have you tried Oxygen Office, the enhanced version > by KAMI? If I am not mistaken, and I may be, it may be able to open > Microsoft Works, I do not know though! > Thanks, John, but I have no personal need to open MS Works files, I just said that in case Robyn needed the functionality. I have had no response from her on or off list, but you could perhaps make the suggestion to her.
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