<SARCASM MODE> >1) Is OpenOffice compatible with Vista?
Yes, but you have to be very careful not to upset it or it may eat your hard drive > >1.5) No, seriously. Answer it again. Is OpenOffice compatible with Vista? > Read my answer above. Vista is notorious in the way and methods it can create problems. >2) How do I install OpenOffice on my Mac? It keeps telling me to upgrade >X11, but I already have. > No you don't. X11 is an add-on, like Anti-virus is an addon to what was your precious Windows system. However, Macs don't suffer from viruses. >3) Is there an Outlook equivalent? How do I email from OpenOffice? > No, and we are not going to waste our time competing with Mozilla. If you cannot read the Help on how to mail from OpenOffice, read the FAQ.. >4) Is OpenOffice compatible with Microsoft Office? > Depends on what you mean by compatible? Can OpenOffice.org read simple Word documents and Excel spreadsheets, yes. Can it read the spreadsheet that you build 1,000 VBA macros into, no. Why should we? StarBasic is better and works like it should. </SARCASM MODE OFF> >5) Citizen X is selling OpenOffice on Ebay. The scoundrels! If you are willing to pay $49.99 for a CD, you are dumber than I. Sorry, but the LGPL allows it and we are not going to stop them. The thing is that the license that OpenOffice.org is developed under does not stop folks from building their own version of the program and then calling it anything they like and selling it for any price they ask for. You have to look and see what they are selling is actually OpenOffice.org and that you can DOWNLOAD it for free (or whatever it costs for your Internet connection.) > >--- > >Now seriously, I oppose the gun lobby and their argument that people >have a right to bear arms, but sometimes I wonder whether people in the >gun lobby are just old OpenOffice mailing list lurkers who are fed up >with FAQs from newbies ... especially newbies who aren't even subscribed >and who force others to forward all responses to them manually. No, and read the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution again. You would be outraged that you cannot legally own a tank without the permission of the Government, but that document allows it. > >- People who want to post to the list should be subscribed. > No. Would you like to receive over 200 messages a day not related to anything near to your original question. >- The subscription process should include reading a list of FAQs and >their answers, possibly with a confirmation checkbox against each FAQ. > No but posting should >- When a subscription is activated, the FAQ should be emailed to the >subscriber, just in case. > No, and if you did that would really piss me off. Sending me junk mail is not the way to win my friendship. >It's a real turn off to check my OpenOffice folders and see the same >questions asked over & over. It's a waste of people's time, and it means >that others who have legitimate questions are having time stolen from >them by people who can't be bothered searching the list archives. > Welcome to the crowd. If you read the README closely, you would come away with the opinion that this is a help desk, manned 24/7 for your personal questions, not a mailing list with volunteer help. >I am personally volunteering to assemble a FAQ ( I'll try to keep the >sarcasm to a minimum ... ). I don't know about the subscription process, >but I imagine it wouldn't be too hard to integrate the above into it. > >What say ye? Have at it. BTW, look at the FAQ at oooforums.org and the OpenOffice.org site when you start. You might want to just update them to be more current and helpful. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
