Hello Mr. Fuchs , Thank you for the info, you are the only person I ask about this that told me all the versions are free including the help & support. I was told by a help person to download the 1.0 & it was free. When I first went into "Open Office" their page seemed to ask for a code number which is supposed to be on the CD disk I purchased, of course I hadn't purchased any & the cost was somewhere in the $300.00 dollar range,hense my asking about a free download. Living on a fixed income, I couldn't afford that. As I stated before, I did download, but couldn't figure how to install. If I go to the homepage for this application & start over to download & install, should I FIRST uninstall the version I now have before doing over? The reason I wnted this is because I was told that using Open Office would allow me to open some email attachments that I get that are sent using Open Office Or a PPS.file( power Point ) attachment. If I try to open an attachment using thoes programs, I get the pop up screen that asks for my "Administrative Rights & wants 25 character product keycode" from back of cd. Sometimes the attachment comes up in background, but a screen comes up wanting to run the "Windows Installer". I am totally confused by all this. Maybe I am trying to download the Microsoft Office Standard Edition. Is the Application (Microsoft ) the same as the "Open Office" I am talking about? Will using the "Open Office" allow me to open attachments I spoke about before, or should I just forget it all together? Thanks for any help you can give me........Joanne ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 19/11/2007, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: JOANNE SHUMAN wrote: Hello open office, I downloaded the Free version 1.0 of Open Office. I don't know how to Install it. I emailed with help question on this & got answer that I should double click icon on desktop & install from there. I did this but still dont see a install wizard or other install directions to complete. I am only interested in the free version as I cant afford the cost of the regular version,I am on a fixed income. The reason I want to download & install the free version is so I can open some emails sent to me in office & pps file names. So far I cant open these. Am I downloading the right application for what I need? I guess I am to much a novice to understand. Should I uninstall the version I now downloaded & start over with first the download & then the installation? Thanks for any help you can give me.....Joanne ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Where did you find that? Every version of OpenOffice is a free download from www.openoffice.org. The latest version is 2.3 and versions 1.1.5, the last 1.x version and also 1.0.3, which is the latest that will run on Windows 95 are all available for free download. You don't have to pay for any of them. Not only "free download". You don't pay to use it either. It doesn't expire, it's not shareware or nagware (pop ups asking for money) and even this support group is free :-) -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected] Jody
