"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:19:59 GMT, Pam Moore

wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:08:20 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote:

Thanks to a lightening strike I have had to replace one of our machines,
the
new one has "Vista" (I expect I will get used to it in time!)
The point of this posting is just to say that while much of my old third
party software has gone on without a murmur the same was not true of my
very
expensive MS Office (2000) and I thought people may like to know I have
solved the problem by changing to "Open Office" which so far seems
completely compatible in both directions with ms office and only costs
£6
!!!

Very useful info Charlie. We shall all have to face up to Vista at
some point, no doubt. Good luck!

Although I see websites trying to sell it, you may like to know you can
download
Open Office free.
http://www.openoffice.org/product/

"OpenOffice.org is free software

* you may download OpenOffice.org completely free of any licence fees
* install it on as many PCs as you like
* use it for any purpose - private, educational, government and public
administration, commercial...
* pass on copies free of charge to family, friends, students,
employees,
etc."

You can download it from here
http://download.openoffice.org/
--

Martin

Now he tells me :~)
I am not grumbling it was very cheap really at £5.86

--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cultivars