On Friday 25 April 2008, Mary Beth Holzwarth wrote: >Hi! I installed the 2.2 version and then updated for the 2.4. I was a > little frustrated when told it was free and then had to pay but that's > neither here nor there.
But it is free, all you have to do is download it from <http://openoffice.org>! Your ONLY cost is the download time if your access is not a fixed rate. > When I downloaded it, it asked if I would like > Open Office to access my other documents and I selected yes, or however it > was worded. I have not been able to open anything from my Microsoft Office > documents. My computer came with Microsoft Office, but when I ordered it, > they neglected to inform me that it was all trial versions until one day > when I was unable to do anymore work. Typical of M$. > So now I have a whole bunch of very > important documents that I can't do anything with. I was told that Open > Office would be able to carry those over to it's program and I could still > work with them. Is this just a, "well, you only paid $30 for something so > you get what you paid for" as I can't afford a $300 version of Microsoft > Office, or is it simply Operator error? : ) I really need these > documents so I can print them and work with them. Any help you could give > me would be great. If I could get a phone call from a real person that > would be better. Thank you all so much for putting up with the computer > illiterate. Thanks again and God bless! You have a problem IF the M$ stuff saved them in yyyx, where the x is their newest incarnation of vendor lock-in. I believe that OOo-2.4 was supposed to work with these, such as .docx, but as I've never allowed any M$ stuff on the premises, I am not the one to tell you how to do it. Perhaps someone more familiar with how its done can assist you. >Mary Beth Holzwarth >605-769-0817 >_________________________________________________________________ >Make i'm yours. Create a custom banner to support your cause. >http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Contribute/Default.aspx?source=TXT_TAGHM_MSN >_Make_IM_Yours -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) What makes the universe so hard to comprehend is that there's nothing to compare it with. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
