On Wednesday 15 June 2005 19:10, + Julie Jackson wrote: > Hello, I appreciate your speedy response. However I am not clear whether > this will read a CD that is Microsoft formatted?!??! > > THanks again, > > Julie Jackson
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thursday 16 June 2005 09:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Julie, there are many things that you could mean by "Microsoft formated > CD": > > So, check the items below and see if it fits what you mean: > > 1) your CD has been created on a machine where Windows run > 2) your CD includes files created with Microsoft Office (on a machine > where Windows run) > 3) your CD includes files created with Microsoft Office but you don't > know on which type of machine > > In any case, what matters is not so much the three above items than the > three following ones: > > a) Try to put the CD on you Apple machine and see if it is properly > displayed in the Finder > b) Try then to see whether you have "visual" access to the CD contents > (can you see the files icons ?) > c) Do the files names end in ".doc" or ".xls" or ".ppt" ? > > If your answer is yes to a), b), and c) then there are 99.99% chances > that OpenOffice will be able to open your CD files, totally normally > and will allow you to edit their contents or print them out. > > Your should be careful though, OpenOffice on Mac OX (Tiger) may look > harder to use that Microsoft Office (either version X or version 2004). > You may want to use a version that is "nice" to beginning users and > that version is (as was mentioned in another answer) : NeoOffice/J. The > name looks weird but the application is OpenOffice with a nicer OSX > look. You can find it at: > > http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/download.php#download > > Don't hesitate if you have any other questions. Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
