On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 20:32 -0400, Anthony Chilco wrote: > Hi Sue, > You won't find powerpoint here, but you can download OpenOffice.org > for free. One of its modules, Impress, will open, edit and save > powerpoint files. Go to www.openoffice.org and click the 'download' > button. Choose your language and operating system (if it's windows, > pick the JRE version, that has the java runtime environment included) > and pick any of the download sites; one that's close may be better. If > the download speed is slow, cancel and try another site. Once you've > downloaded the file, you'll have to unzip it, then run setup.exe that > you'll find in the directory that you chose to unzip into. > When your son has finished his project, make sure that he saves it in > Microsoft powerpoint format. > tc
Just a small correction to Anthony's, otherwise excellent, advice: I believe you are running Windows, in which case the file you will download (something like "OOo_2.0.2_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe") is a self extracting installation file. So you do _not_ need to unzip it or run "setup.exe". Just find where on you computer the file was downloaded to (maybe your "Desktop") and double click on it to start the unpack/install process. Dave Please reply to [email protected] only. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
