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[sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>]

>   I have OOo_1.1.5_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz
>
>   It is 78,571K  and dated from Nov 2006

It probably expands to even more and has dependencies.


>   It installed and is running in BL2.1.
Amazing that they still supported libraries from five years earlier.

> > Ron, what do you use OpenOffice for?
>
>  For opening and reading stuff that I cannot open and read with anything else.
> I have seldom had to use it, but it was worth it for the few times when 
> nothing else would do.

Open Document Fellowship's Viewer 
http://www.opendocumentfellowship.com/odfviewer for Windows, Mac or linux 
Still in beta 1.0, does not handle vector graphics and multiple columns. 
7MB source code for linux. Should I try compiling it?  (Not on my 233Mhz laptop).

Online office suite http://zoho.com  and Google Docs

Abiword 2.4+ with plugins (not Steven's older compiled version)

Co-Create Office from China - which is used by govt and is very success. 
Over 400 improvements on OpenOffice.  Sourceforge has a 95MB tar file 
labelled Windows.  Under development.

http://convert-doc.com (handles ODF and MS formats) and other free online 
convertors.

>  But, if requested, I can put it up on my website and from there you are on 
> your own.
> Unless you can find that exact file on the web.

Oldapps has all the versions.

> Just remember, choose NOT to include java when asked, otherwise it will not 
> run in BL2.
>
> Ron