Re: [users] install free version of Open Office

[James Knott]

JOANNE SHUMAN 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] ) There is no connection between OpenOffice and Microsoft office.  If you downloaded OpenOffice from www.openoffice.org, there should be no request for a keycode.  When you install many applications in Windows, you require administrative rights.  Normally, this situation occurs in a corporate environment, where normal users do not have those rights.  Most home users run with full administrator rights, even though that is a bad idea.  If you are installing OpenOffice at work and are asked for the administrator password, you'll have to ask your IT guy for assistance. Please respond only to the mail list (users@openoffice.org) and not directly to me. --