Thankyou for that information and do you think a lap top has enough memory for it? is it a big program? after having to send it back for a new hard drive when I don't use it a lot I am so afraid of messing it up. Also will the spell checker work with outlook express? as I don't know how to get Outlook.
Thank you for your patience. Carol Wonfor On Wed, 13 December, 2006 3:00 am, Dave Barton wrote: > On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 20:09 +0000, Carol Wonfor wrote: > >> I have windows XP home on a laptop with no word or outlook I am used >> to using word and I see yours is compatible but not being a very >> competent computer user I see I can download open office for free but I >> would like to just download the writer is this possible as I don't want >> to put stuff on computer I don't need, it is only a few months old and >> it has already been back and they put in a new hard drive. >> >> I'm not really sure of the implications of downloading it as I was >> just told to get onto the site by a friend. >> >> Can you help me with what I need >> >> >> Thank you Carol Wonfor >> > > OOo (OpenOffice.org) is not a collection of separate programs, it is one > unified office suite built around a large common core. Consequently, you > cannot download individual components (eg. the Writer word processor). > > Although you have to download the complete package you can, using the > custom install option, choose to install just the components you wish to > use. I would advise against this option, as you will save very little in > terms of disk space and you may loose access to some additional helpful > functions within OOo. > > If you do not wish to go through the download process (which is not > difficult) you can obtain a copy on CD for a small (around US$10.00) charge > from one of the distributors listed here: > http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html#cdrom > Make sure they are offering the latest version (ie. 2.1.0) > > > Hope this helps. > > > Dave > -- > This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org > All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. > If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the > replies to your query. Please reply to [email protected] only and > include some indication that you are not subscribed to this list. (eg. "I > am not subscribed to this list, please CC: me.") > > For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html > For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
