On Saturday 16 September 2006 11:15 am, DAVID L FOWLER wrote: > Hello > > I've been using "Open Office 1.1.3" on my desktop (Windows xp) > since 2005 - and love it. I basically use it to write letters. > However, with the "2.0" version out, would an update to this > version be of any advantage to me... or advisable? > > I'm also getting a "notebook" (Dell Inspiron E1705) and plan to > download "2.0" onto it. > > When I network the laptop with the desktop, will the two versions > recognize each other (in case I want to bring a file over from the > desktop)? > > I'm not as computer literate as some... do my questions make any > sense? > > Sincerely > Dave Fowler
Here are the comments of a couple of people on this mailing list: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2006/9/17, Arnold Huzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > If you can do everything you want in openoffice 1.1.3, there's no real > need to upgrade other than keeping up with the latest developements. I use OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 since I had some issues with OpenOffice.org 1.1.3and OpenOffice.org 1.1.4. If you have a slow computer I would recommend an update to OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 rather than OpenOffice.org 2.0, but many people here will disagree with that I think. However, OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 will read OpenOffice.org 2.0 files like ODT and ODS, but if you edit those files you have to save them as SXW or SXC (or to any other format that you can find in the Save As dialog) and might lose some formatting (I didn'ty lose anything when I tried it, but I didn't try it on anything really complex on the other hand). On > the other hand if you want to install 2.0 on your notebook then I'd > recommend that you upgrade your desktop as well. From the info you gave > it your desktop should be able to run 2.0 and you'd never have to > consider about saving files in 1.x-format. The problem with converting > could be that you create a document using 2.0 features which you lose > again on saving the file. > > Arnold Huzen > Lelystad, The Netherlands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
