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On Monday 14 October 2002 03:45, JB Foster wrote:
> If you're thinking of installing OpenOffice on Win 2000, watch
out! If
> OpenOffice becomes corrupt, it may be difficult to remove.
> For me, it crashed just before completing installation; and
wouldn't let me
> load over the faulty install. Even worse - it's designed so that
Window's
> 'Add\remove Programs' can't remove the existing OpenOffice.
I.M.H.O., not
> one of the brightest designs for a program. Since I don't have
time to play
> with it, I'll remove OpenOffice manually and stay with MS Office
for the
> moment.
> Just thought I'd inform everyone on the list, of my experience
(misfortune)
> with 'OpenOffice'. Guess that's what you get with 'free'
products.
Well, the obvious solution is to install it on Linux.
But, I know of a BUNCH of people who have it
running just fine on Win2K. Some of them -- or
some who have had problems -- might be able
to smooth the path for you.
Try the following:
- To subscribe, e-mail: users-subscribe -at- openoffice -dot- org
- For additional commands, e-mail: users-help -at- openoffice -dot- org
My experience, so far, is that OOo 1.x is easily a match
for MSOffice, but falls short of FrameMaker.
That's pretty darn good for any software at version 1.
/kevin
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