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--- On Thu, 19/5/11, Gibbs <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Gibbs <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On 19/05/11 11:01, JOHN DAVEY wrote: I got told off for installing Open Office. She was a bit vauge about it though, aparently the committee wouldn't like it. Jon Davey. You could try and justify it by saying its free (£0), better, portable, cross-platform, more accessible (available online for free) and more compatible. Also: for safety you should have a minimum of two of each of: Browsers: How do you correct if IE in Windows goes wrong? Need another to get to internet to reload files Suggest IE, Firefox, For office applications: Need a back to read files if MS Office goes wrong thus use OpenOfffice.org or LibreOffice Also OO.o or LO can be set to alwasy save in MS Doc format (suggest 97/2003) so others can read your files if sent to them. regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq