yes and no --
First you can not run Open Office on OS 9.xx so you will need to
think about and upgrade to OSX or maybe Yellow Dog Linux.
Open Office will allow you to open and use Microsoft Office files
(word or .doc files, excel or .xls files etc.).
winmail.dat files are caused when an Outlook does it's weird RTF
thing -- the best thing you can do is ask the sender to change their
mail format to plain text. A second choice would be http://
www.joshjacob.com/macdev/tnef/download.html this is a little program
that will allow you to open winmail.dat files, and there is a version
for OS 9.
.exe files are executable programs, if you really want to use on you
need to install something like Virtual PC
Just a note of warning, it sounds like you are trying to deal with
email attachments, a .exe file attached to an email is probably some
kind of virus or something -- not that it will bother your mac, but i
would guess you could probably infect a Virtual PC install.
Have fun!
Andy
Spitfire Computer Services
441 Beaver Street
Suite 202
Sewickley, PA 15143
Phone (412) 749-0162
Fax: (412) 749-0203
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On Sep 6, 2005, at 8:12 PM, Julie Gordon wrote:
I am a Mac user, OS 9.1. I am looking for something that will
enable me to open Windows documents, i.e. .exe, .doc,
winmail.dat, etc. I've been told OpenOffice would be able to do
this. If this is true, what version should I download? I'm not very
well versed on all this technical stuff. Thank you very much for
any help.
Julie Gordon
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