Re: need help with Star Office

From: ray (ray_at_zianet.com)
Date: 11/30/04


Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:01:42 -0700

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:45:34 -0800, kim shapiro wrote:

> need help with Sun's Star Office
>
> I bought my 9 year daughter a Compaq Windows XP based PC but did not
> come with MS Word etc.
>
> I am wondering if StarOffice will work well (like MS windows) on her
> PC. StarOffice is a lot less than MS Word.
>
> I am NOT technical so if it is going to be a lot of trouble for
> someone like pls let me know.
>
> Is there a place where I can download it for FREE or a small price.
>
> If not, Maybe i could find a version of it on eBay.
>
> Can anyone pls let me know.
>
>
> Thanks
> Kim

I'm not sure that staroffice is that much better than openoffice. You can
get OpenOffice at www.openoffice.org for free - I expect it will meet your
needs. BTW OpenOffice is indeed a StarOffice 'spin-off'.



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