On Wed September 20 2006 18:57, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am attempting to download open office on dial up and before it is > finished, the computer shuts down the internet connection automatically. > Is there any way I can download smaller sections at a time. I t currently > takes up to 16 hours to complete the download. Thanks for your help.
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thu September 21 2006 00:33, Adrian Try wrote: > Yes! When downloading large files, it is advisable to use a download > manager that allows you to resume downloading from where you left off if > you can't download in one go. > > Unfortunately, Microsoft Internet Explorer doesn't include a download > manager (assuming that is what you are using). Fortunately, there are many > around! > > I use an alternative program to Microsoft Internet Explorer called Opera > (www.opera.com). Opera does include a download manager which can do this. > > If you prefer to use Internet Explorer, there are some download managers > that work well with it. One that I used to use is called Download > Accelerator Plus. It is available from www.speedbit.com. > > I hope this helps. If you have more questions, please ask! Also On Thu September 21 2006 03:29, NoOp wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am attempting to download open office on dial up and before it is > > finished, the computer shuts down the internet connection automatically. > > Is there any way I can download smaller sections at a time. I t > > currently takes up to 16 hours to complete the download. Thanks for > > your help. > > In addition to the other suggestions you can also try: > http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html#cdrom > > However, if you know someone with a DSL or cable connection you might > ask them to download for you. > > Note to the OOo folks: while the cdrom link list tons of distributors, > it might be worth taking the Ubuntu route and actually offering OOo on > CD for free (see: https://shipit.ubuntu.com/). I doubt that it would > detract or take away much business from the distributors listed on the > OOo page, and will get OOo into the hands of thousands of folks who are > on dialup and/or in remote locations where internet connections are > unreliable. If nothing else, you might make a note on the page for > distributors that offer OOo on CD for free or for a simple shipping cost. > > Note to OP: there are distributors on that page that will send you OOo > for free, unfortunately you'll need to search through them to find one > that does. Sample: > > United States > 205LAN LLC USA All stable releases. > http://www.freeofficesoftware.net/ > [not obvious, enter "open office" in the search box that leads to > > Free OpenOffice 2.0 > Complete OpenOffice 2.0 Office Suite - Free! > www.ThinkAll.com > then > http://www.thinkall.com/product_openoffice_about8.htm > > Disclaimer: I've no idea who thinkall.com are, or if what they are > offering is solid, I'm just using them as an example. Obviously you'll > need to give up some marketing info & probably have to subscribe to > their marketing info, but that is sometimes the price you need to pay to > get something shipped to you for free. Google is your friend :-) > 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]
