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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] powerpoint
From:       Daniel Carrera <dcarrera () math ! umd ! edu>
Date:       2003-08-26 21:28:24
Message-ID: 20030826212823.GA3554 () math ! umd ! edu
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OO will not "override" Word and Excel unless you tell it to (during the 
install program), and the only way in which it will "override" them is 
that when you double-click on a .doc file it will open in OO instead of 
Word.  But you can still open Word and go to File > Open and select the 
.doc file.

If you choose to do this, and later change your mind, you can fix the 
problem very easily:

  * Right-click on the .doc or .xls file.
  * Select "Open With".
  * Choose Word or Excel respectively and check the box that says
    "always use this program to open this kind of file" (or something
    like that).

That's it.  You don't need to uninstall or reinstall anything.

Cheers,
Daniel.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 08:45:39AM -0700, dale wrote:
> Thanks, everyone, for the OO recommendations.  I do understand it overrides
> MS Word and MS Excel.  One question: should I dislike OO (God forbid!), can
> I uninstall it and return to my MS Word and MS Excel without a problem?  Or
> will those require a brand new reinstall?
> 
> Thanks for all your help.
> 
> ~dale

> From: "Daniel Carrera" <dcarrera@math.umd.edu>
> To: <users@openoffice.org>
> Cc: "dale" <danbury@worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [users] powerpoint
> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:22:42 -0700
> 
> 
>    Hello Dale,
>    
>    I highly recommend OpenOffice.  It is a free download from
>    www.openoffice.org.  You are free to copy it and give it away to your
>    frineds, family and coworkers.  It is free for personal as wel as
>    commercial use.  It will not cost you a dime.
>    
>    OpenOffice has four main components:
>      *  Writer is a replacement for Word.
>      *  Impress is a replacement for PowerPoint.
>      *  Calc is a replacement for Excel.
>      *  Draw is a vector-graphics drawing program.  MS Office does not
>    have
>         any equialent for this.
>    
>    If you download a free database such as MySQL then OpenOffice can use
>    it
>    as a backend to give you a replacement for Access.
>    
>    I strongly suggest you try it.  It's free, so you have nothing to
>    lose.
>    You will find that OpenOffice has most of the features of MS Office,
>    but
>    each one has some features that the other does not.  In my opinion, I
>    think that OpenOffice is much better.  My favourite advantages of
>    OpenOffice over MS Office (other than the price) are:
>    
>      * Smaller files.
>      * OO has a drawing program.
>      * Superior equation editor (I am a mathematecian).
>    
>    If you need tech support with OpenOffice that is free also.  Just
>    write
>    ack to this mailing list and we will do our best to help you.
>    
>    Hope that helps,
>    Daniel.
>    
>    On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 11:46:47AM -0700, dale wrote:
>    > Greetings,
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    > My wife is an XP user.  She needs powerpoint for her 7th grade
>    classroom.  I
>    > was going to purchase Microsoft Office for Teachers, but my wife
>    doesn't
>    > need all the extra gadgets that comes with.  Someone recommended
>    your site
>    > for a potential solution.  Do you have a program that is like
>    powerpoint
>    > that won't cost $100.  Any help would be appreciated.
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    > Thank you,
>    >
>    > Dale Fincher
>    >
>    > danbury@att.net
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    
>    --
>    Daniel Carrera, Math PhD student at UMD.  PGP KeyID: 9AF77A88
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 /  O   O  \  ATTENTION ALL PASCAL USERS:
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  `-.___.-'   birth (today) all your programs will run at half speed.


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