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.
OpenOffice.org is definitely free for you to download. It is free now,
and will always be free. You get the full version, bit some trial
version. You never have to pay for it. Support from all the volunteers
is also free here on this mailing list.
Go to http://www.openoffice.org to download the latest version.
> 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.
I have a feeling you didn't land on the right page then. Use the link
above, and that will take you to the right place.
> I couldn't afford that. As I stated before, I did download, but couldn't
> figure how to install.
Installation should be fairly easy. I assume you are running Windows,
so find the executable file you downloaded from
http://www.openoffice.org and double click on it. This will start the
installer and all you should have to do is read the instructions and
click Next. The installer will unpack the files and then lead you
through installing OpenOffice.
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?
You can do that. It will ensure you have a clean start.
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.
OpenOffice.org can open doc, xls, pps, ppt files.
It will not work yet for the latest Office formats, but that is the case
for everyone. The documents created by the newest version of MS Office
are currently incompatible with everything including older versions of
MS Office. Version 3.0 of OpenOffice.org will support the new MS Office
formats.
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.
This sounds like you are using MS Vista, and have the "Trial" version of
the new MS Office installed. If you use this trial version of Office,
it expires after a fixed period and you have to pay a lot of money to
get the license key to get back into your documents.
This will never happen with OpenOffice.org.
> 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
MS Office and OpenOffice.org are not the same program. They are similar
programs that do the same kinda of jobs. You can use either to write
documents, build spreadsheets, create presentations, build databases,
draw things etc., but... the Microsoft one will cost you a fair bit of
money to buy a legal version. OpenOffice.org is free for the legal
version, and can work with MS Office format documents.
You might find this documentation useful with getting started with
OpenOffice.org:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Getting_Started
C.
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