On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:59:02 +0000 (GMT) lisa richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Firstly I dont really understand what open office is > nor X11, wich I understand I would need if downloading > to my Mac. OpenOffice is a word processor, a spreadsheet, a database, and a few other things. It's "office software" for your computer, and it's absolutely free of charge. For your purpose, you can view X11 as a sort of support library that OpenOffice requires to run. > I have been offered some work inputting data on > Microsoft Access (a version of which is not available > for the mac, as far as I can work out). So can I run > Access or Access compatible programme on the Mac via > open office? OpenOffice has a database function but it doesn't work directly with Access files and forms in the way that Access does. So you can't just copy everything from Access over to OpenOffice Base and have it work by magic. You can do some conversions back and forth that may or may not work for you, depending on what your requirements actually are. > Please help or I will end up forking out lots of dosh > to get a laptop and access programme!! It depends entirely on your requirements. There is a reasonable possibility that you will have to fork out that dosh, as it were. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
