<div>Hi Herman,</div>
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<div>If I got it right and those are the parameters of the machine:</div>
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<div>333 MHz CPU, 512MB mem </div>
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<div>you might want to try Xbuntu. Open Office and all of its spread sheet, word processor etc. should run well on xbuntu too.</div>
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<div><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements</a></div>
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<div>Greetings</div>
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<div>Tish<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/25 Colin Law <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clanlaw@googlemail.com">clanlaw@googlemail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">2009/8/25 HermanAA <<a href="mailto:hermanaa@gmail.com">hermanaa@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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<div class="h5">><br>> A niece has to fill-out forms with all numbers (lines/ columns, vertical<br>> added up, hor. added up).<br>> Tax-forms I understand, for different clients.<br>> She has type-writer experience only.<br>
> She bought a computer to do this. She has no Windows/Linux experience.<br>> (333 MHz CPU, 512MB mem, Windows-XP working. My old IDE hard-drives<br>> found a new home)<br>><br>> Until now a word-processor is used for typing the form (daughter doing<br>
> the donkey-work).<br>><br>> I am sure this can be done well in Linux.<br>> (I am welcome to install Linux)<br>><br>> What do I need? (Data-base? Spreadsheet?)<br>> I will learn it (mysql?) myself, and demonstrate it.<br>
><br>> mysql is very BIG, count 100 or more programs in Synaptic.<br>> (but maybe it is suitable ?)<br>> Surely I can beat a word-processor ......? !!!<br>><br>> I have to get started somewhere ...... is mysql good for simple work?<br>
> I googled but could not find a simple tutorial.<br>><br>> Where can I find a tutorial?<br>> Best for me is a few actual cases (hands-on), tutorial-style.<br>><br>> For now the goal is:<br>> Numbers only, vertical and horizontal, Added-up vertical and hor.<br>
> There are headers and descriptions of course.<br>> (of course the program should do the adding up)<br>> (the form filled-in and printed is the end of the computer-job)<br>> (bet you: electronic submission and EXCEL compatible is going to be the<br>
> next problem, just my gut-feelings)<br><br></div></div>This sounds like a job for a spreadsheet. Ubuntu comes with Open<br>Office which has a spreadsheet with Excel compatibility. OO also has<br>MS Word compatible word processor.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>Colin<br></font>
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