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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:25:01 -0800, PeeDee wrote: > Thanks to everyone for your responses, each of which has been helpful. I > have a very good sense of |
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:25:01 -0800, PeeDee wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for your responses, each of which has been helpful. I > have a very good sense of how to proceed now. My colleague is using > OpenOffice. He'll work it out at his end so that he can send me > documents that I can read at my end, and vice versa. As well, I will > download necessary readers if and as needed. > > I'm very grateful for all of this input. > > "mikeyhsd" wrote: > >> if they are WORD type formatted documents, there are FREE readers for >> different document types at microsoft. download the word reader from >> there and also the file translation program. >> >> when you open microsoft web site, upper right corner should be search >> box. look for FREE readers. >> >> >> >> >> mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com >> >> >> >> "PeeDee" <PeeDee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:77ED9DF3-BCA0-440F-A9D8-1A16F73949D0@microsoft.com... I would >> like to read documents prepared by a colleague using the Linux 'word' >> program (not sure of the name), which is the only word program on his >> computer. These documents can be given to me on a USB device, to be >> read on my Thinkpad, which is loaded only with Windows XP. >> >> If WXP, as currently loaded, cannot read these files, is there >> something I can load onto my computer (short of the whole Linux >> program) in order to be able to read these files and, if necesssary, >> to upload the files onto my computer so that I can edit them in Word? >> >> Will my colleague (with only Linux) be able then to read my edited >> documents in Word? >> >> Thanks Yes, be sure to grab that next OO upgrade when it hits as that will make you fully MS compatible. |
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