<div dir="ltr">Hi, Robert:<br><br>OpenOffice should be installed by default, and you can find it under Applications->Office in the gnome menu. If It's not installed for some reason, you can install it by <span dir="ltr">Applications->Add Remove. The Add/Remove Applications window will appear. Select Office from the list on the left. Scroll through the list on the right and select the open office apps you want to install (Presentation, Spreadsheet, etc...). Click Apply. After a moment you may be prompted for your password, after which everything should install. <br>
<br>Sharing folders from your Ubuntu system with a windows PC via samba is relatively straightforward. Here's the GUI way to do it: Right click on a folder you want to share and select Sharing Options. Check the box that says 'Share this folder.' A dialog may pop up asking if you want to install the sharing service (samba), and if it does, just click Install Service. Once the service installs you will be able to set whether or not the shared folder should be writable or visible to windows users without an account on your Ubuntu system. <br>
<br>If you don't mind using the command line, there is a lot of documentation on the Ubuntu wiki about setting up samba as well. Check out <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba</a><br>
<br>I hope that helps. Give a shout if you have more questions.<br><br>-Doug<br><br>
</span><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Robert <span dir="ltr"><ro<br><a href="mailto:bertg@rushmore.com">bertg@rushmore.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi all. I just reloaded Ubuntu and am
starting over again. I need to make Ubuntu talk to windows and I need to
load Open Office on it. Any help anyone could give me would be much
appreciated. I am currently downloading all of the updates.
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Thanks in advance.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Robert Goulding</font></div>
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