On 19/11/2007, JOANNE SHUMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] )
Joanne, I would first uninstall the 1.0 version you have. The latest version is 2.3. If you had an earlier 2.x version then this new version would just upgrade it but that's not true with an old 1.x version. You get the new version, *free* :-) from www.openoffice.org Press the big green "Get OpenOffice.org" button. On the page you get is another green button that will let you choose the version for your Operating System - Windows I think. However, before doing that, click the "Installation Instructions" link on the right hand side of the page. The page you get talks about version 2.0 but that's just because someone has either forgotten or hasn't had time to change it to 2.3; in any case, the instructions are the same. Print the instructions so you can have them by you as you install the software. OpenOffice doesn't ask for "product keys". 25-character keys sound like Microsoft. During the installation you will be asked if you want to make OpenOffice the "default program" for handling Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents. As you don't have those installed, say "yes". OpenOffice can properly handle *most* Microsoft documents - Word, PowerPoint, Excel. It cannot currently handle the very newest (Microsoft Office 2007) formats. I think that's due to happen in version 3. Once installation has finished you will be asked to register. This is *optional*. You lose nothing if you don't do it - just say "never register". I'm not sure what you gain if you do register - possibly automatic notification when a new version becomes available. However, the developers of OpenOffice get details of the number of users and where they are. You will not get spam e-mails and they won't pass your details on. As I said, support is free via this e-mail list. We are all users of OpenOffice, from around the world, who volunteer our time. Be aware that, because it's an e-mail list, anything you say becomes public and available to thousands of people. You might therefore decide not to include personal details such as phone numbers, postal addresses etc. And especially not passwords, account numbers and so on. If you have any problems uninstalling the old or installing the new version, come back to this list with details of what you did and especially the exact text of any error messages you got. Good luck! -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
