On 1/19/06, Chad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Lisa, if it works, please let us know. Thanks!
Well, I found a copy of Student, and with only OpenOffice.org installed (well, no other office suite, and specifically no MSO of any kind) it installed and ran just fine. The encyclopedia, calculator, toolbar (for the XP taskbar), chart maker, and other stuff works fine. It's a stand-alone program. There is a section for "learning esentials for Office" which won't work without MSOffice XP or 2003. And there's a button to launch MS Word, which doesn't work without MS Word installed. But for the educational content, you don't need MSO at all. For MS to list Office as a "system requirement" is not true. You don't get everything without it, but you do get a lot of stuff. It actually seems pretty slick, to me. But I've always liked "shiny boxes." I still don't think it's worth the money, but for people who don't know about Wikimedia, and/or don't have the Internet, it may be worth it. But, to answer the orginial question of "Is OOo compatible with MS Student?" the answer is no - but that doesn't mean you need MS Office to run Student, either. -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ Because everyone loves free software!
