On Saturday 20 October 2007 17:59:53 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Saturday 20 October 2007 02:22:41 Derek Hollamby wrote: > > Hello there I am completely new to Open Office having been > > introduced to its advantages on a friends computer yesterday. I > > was greatly impressed by what I saw but am worried that I don't > > have a repeat of when I recently installed, (I wish I hadn't), > > Microsoft Office Home and Students 2007. I had a lot of trouble > > with my Outlook Express year 2000 even though I asked the > > supplier if it would be affected. He replied that it would not, > > but then he is there to sell stuff. Could you please advise if > > I installed your version of Open Office 2.3 could this possibly > > affect any other programs or documents that I have. I have > > heard that there may be a possibility that it may create > > problems with my existing Office Files that I have made and > > saved. I have also heard that there is somewhat of a > > compatibility problem between Open Office and some versions of > > Microsoft Office. I await your reply and wish to thank you for > > any help or advice you can give. Derek ( DS Hollamby) > > FYI: This is a public mail list run and used by 1000s of > OpenOffice.org users. > > The only Microsoft Office file Formats that OpenOffice.org has is > the new Office 2007 formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx)
The only Microsoft Office file Formats that OpenOffice.org has a problem with is the new Office 2007 formats (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) > The reason you had trouble with your OLE 2000 was because > Microsoft's Office package over wrote it. > > MS Office and OpenOffice.org can both exist on the same machine. > But with OpenOffice.org you will not need MS Office. > > This will answer some of your install, useage and file sharing > questions. > > http://24.197.142.167/~jack/openofficefaq.php -- http://24.197.142.167/~jack/openofficefaq.php Read the OpenOffice.org FAQ Microsoft users go to http://www.pclinuxos.com for a great user friendly Linux experience! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
