DEBRAY wrote:
> Hi, My name is Ray and our daughter has been having problems opening .doc
> files from her school computer on our home computer
> we have windows vista home premium with wordpad and sarahs school has windows
> xp with ms word..
> I would like to know
>
> 1.. is your product free?
>
Yes, it is free to download, install and pass around to others. You can
get it from www.openoffice.org.
> 2.. does it work on vista, will it open, view, edit xp ms word .doc files on
> vista?
>
>
Yes, the latest versions have been optimized for Vista. It will work
with Word files, other than the latest .DOCX files.
> 3.. what size is it?
>
I couldn't say exactly, but the download file is over 100 MB, so
installed it will be a bit more.
> 4.. can a person not very good with computers work with it as I don't know
> much about them {I still look for the any key ha ha ha}
>
It's comparable to Microsoft Office to use. There is a lot of
documentation, tutorials etc., available here:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/
> 5.. do I need to upgrade from java 6?
>
Probably not, but you can download it with or without Java. Also, Java
is easy to obtain from www.java.com
> 6.. is it hard to use and can you only select components you wish to use or
> do you have to have many different components with it..
>
OpenOffice is a full integrated office suite, that includes Word
Processor, Spreadsheet and other components. It is recommended that the
entire package be installed.
> SORRY!! if I have asked the wrong things but forums confuse me as people talk
> in a language I do not understand!? please can you send me an email with the
> answers to my questions in easy to understand words?
> thankyou for taking the time to help me and please email me at [EMAIL
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>
> Ray Whatman
>
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