Re: linux unix whatever question

[Guest guest]

E-mail the file to me (virus-free, please ) and I will convert it for you.

CWessels@...

Camille wrote:

>looking for free advice on Linux or is it called Unix?

>

>anyway, I don't have a way to read powerpoint files. I can make them in the

mac version

>of Office, but that doesn't open up ppt files.

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>I had downloaded " open office " like 2 years ago, almost, but I can't get it to

work because

>the instructions say I needed to have something else.. and the instructions

were foreign to

>me.

>

>Soooo, I bought a magazine Linux User and it came with a lovely CD with open

office on it.

>

>It looked user friendlyish, but my mac won't open the files on the CD at all.

So I spent 12

>dollars on something that isn't helping me... argh.

>

>Can anyone give me a push in how to figure this out? Do I need to pay a guru

to help me?

>I know there is a linux users group here.

>

>LUGOD Linux Users Group of ... I also know that it must be about half or

more auties

>- but I have never gone to one of ther meetings (at the library).

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>I suppose they might be good enough to help me, but being auties, they might

just roll

>their eyes, grab my laptop and do it for me... actually that's ok, too.

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>Camille

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[Guest guest]

> looking for free advice on Linux or is it called Unix?

>

> anyway, I don't have a way to read powerpoint files. I can make them in the

mac version

> of Office, but that doesn't open up ppt files.

O_o? I've had no problem opening PowerPoint files in either the

original Office X or Office 2004.

> I had downloaded " open office " like 2 years ago, almost, but I can't get it to

work because

> the instructions say I needed to have something else.. and the instructions

were foreign to

> me.

Unless you need the latest, greatest beta version, just skip all the

X11.app stuff if you want to run it under OS X. There's a Mac-enhanced

version of OpenOffice out there called NeoOffice; the interface is

still not the most Mac-like, but it's a lot more user-friendly both to

install and to use than the X11 version, in my opinion.

<http://www.neooffice.org/>

Hope this helps...

--

Cody B. / " codeman38 "

cody@...

http://www.zone38.net/

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm downloading the neoffice dmg that Codeman suggested, I hope it works!

:-) thank you for offering to convert what I had.

Camille

-- In AutisticSpectrumTreeHouse , Colin Wessels <CWessels@T...>

wrote:

> E-mail the file to me (virus-free, please ) and I will convert it for you.

> CWessels@T...

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> Camille wrote:

>

> >looking for free advice on Linux or is it called Unix?

> >

> >anyway, I don't have a way to read powerpoint files. I can make them in the

mac

version

> >of Office, but that doesn't open up ppt files.

> >

> >I had downloaded " open office " like 2 years ago, almost, but I can't get it

to work

because

> >the instructions say I needed to have something else.. and the instructions

were

foreign to

> >me.

> >

> >Soooo, I bought a magazine Linux User and it came with a lovely CD with open

office

on it.

> >

> >It looked user friendlyish, but my mac won't open the files on the CD at all.

So I spent

12

> >dollars on something that isn't helping me... argh.

> >

> >Can anyone give me a push in how to figure this out? Do I need to pay a guru

to help

me?

> >I know there is a linux users group here.

> >

> >LUGOD Linux Users Group of ... I also know that it must be about half

or more

auties

> >- but I have never gone to one of ther meetings (at the library).

> >

> >I suppose they might be good enough to help me, but being auties, they might

just

roll

> >their eyes, grab my laptop and do it for me... actually that's ok, too.

> >

> >

> >Camille

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