Hi Willem, 2010/10/26 willem kolver <[email protected]>: > Dear OOOfficer, > I am an old dog compelled to learn new tricks in an effort to survive. > From my questions you will see how ignorant I am regarding IT. > While experiencing many problems with MS products, Adobe upgrades, > 2007, Firefox - etc. I wish to totally divorce from Windows & MS !!
Great! As long as you are willing to learn new things, you're not old! (at least in my opinion). Btw, my parents (both 72 years old) learned in the last two or three years to use a computer. ;) > Do I need Windows XP (which I presently use with Offixe XP) to > operate OO? You don't need Windows XP to operate OOo. But you do need some kind of operating system for your computer. If you're willing to try something new, I would suggest, that you try Mandriva Linux or Ubuntu Linux, which are both very easy to install and use. If you are unsure, you can install Linux in parallel to your Windows installation. So when you start your computer, you can choose which system to start. > Is OO just a alternative to MS Office? Yes, OpenOffice.org is a free alternative to MS Office. It contains a writing component (writer), spreadsheet (calc), presentation (impress), drawing (draw) and a database (base, can act as a frontend to different database systems like MySQL or can use the built in database engine HSQLDB). OOo can handle the file formats that are used by MS Office, so you won't loose anything. > Pls advise. > Thanking you kindly. > willem kolver I hope this helps. Sigrid PS: Since all messages are stored in an public archive, don't put any personal informations in your mails. The mails cannot be deleted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
