<div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/12 Franz Waldmüller <<a href="mailto:waldbauernbub@gmx.at">waldbauernbub@gmx.at</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">>> Sorry to hear this. My two sons do all their homework assignments on >> Open Office, except for the computer-lab stuff that they are required >> to do at school on Windows. They save their files as Word, Excel and >> Powerpoint compatible and have never had anything "blow up" when >> presenting in class or emailing to their teachers. </div>Give your sons a flashdrive with openoffice portable installed. -) They can work on any windows pc with their own version of openoffice (no installation required) -) they start their presentation from the flashdrive -> this way a lot of people will take notice of this free office suite <a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable" target="_blank">http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable</a> check out the other applications, too: <a href="http://portableapps.com/" target="_blank">http://portableapps.com/</a> I like to carry my software suite with me. Franz --</blockquote></div> That's a good idea, now he uses the flash drive to bring the saved document. I will check it out and try with Windows to make sure that he knows how to make it work (In case they are using Mac at school does it work the same way than with Windows?) He actually had been promoting Ubuntu, he made 2 essays on Ubuntu (with a little help) as homework, the subject was free to choose. Thanks Meg -- <a href="http://galjovid.homelinux.com">http://galjovid.homelinux.com</a> Ecology, health and diet articles <a href="http://aelyra.homelinux.com">http://aelyra.homelinux.com</a> A site for dogs lover <a href="http://kantli.homelinux.com">http://kantli.homelinux.com</a> Make money from home