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| Most of the information is now out of date. |
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| <li><a href="#1">What is the licensing of OpenOffice.org and what does it mean?</a> |
| <li> <a href="#2">Where do I register to use OpenOffice.org software?</a> |
| <li><a href="#3">May I use OpenOffice.org at my business? </a> |
| <li> <a href="#4">Where can I buy OpenOffice.org software? </a> |
| <li><a href="#5">Is there support available for OpenOffice.org in Hong Kong |
| or China in general, Japan, Korea?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#6">Does OpenOffice.org software open Microsoft Word, Excel and |
| PowerPoint files?</a> |
| <li> <a href="#7">What are the system requirements for OpenOffice.org?</a> |
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| <li value="1"><b>What is the licensing of OpenOffice.org and what does it mean?</b><a name="1"></a> |
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| <p>OpenOffice.org is licensed under the <a href="//licenses/lgpl_license.html" target="_blank">LGPL</a>. |
| You may contribute to the project at OpenOffice.org by signing a <a href="/contributing/index.html"> |
| copyright form</a>. You may copy the software and distribute it freely.</p> |
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| <li value="2"><b>Where do I register to use OpenOffice.org software?</b> <a name="2"></a> |
| <p>No registration is necessary. Just download and use! But we ask that if |
| you find problems, you report them either to the <a href="../mail_list.html" target="_blank">mailing |
| lists</a> on OpenOffice.org or as by filing a bug report in <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html" target="_blank">Issue Tracker</a>.</p> |
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| <li value="3"><b>May I use OpenOffice.org at my business?</b> <a name="3"></a> |
| <p>Yes, you may use OpenOffice.org binaries for commercial use. Before you |
| do this, please make sure you understand that the software is in development |
| and may not be feature complete. Alternatively, if you are interested in |
| StarOffice for commercial use please, see this URL: <a href="http://www.sun.com/staroffice/starofficenow" target="_blank">http://www.sun.com/staroffice/starofficenow</a> |
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| <li value="4"><b>Where can I buy OpenOffice.org software?</b> <a name="4"></a> |
| <p>OpenOffice.org software is available for download, free of charge. OpenOffice.org |
| software is not for sale by OpenOffice.org. To learn about downnloading |
| or buying CD-ROMs from community distributors, please go to our <a href="/download/index.html">Download page.</a> |
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| <li value="5"><b>Is there support available for OpenOffice.org in Hong Kong |
| or China in general, Japan, Korea?</b> <a name="5"></a> |
| <p>Several companies including Sun Microsystem offer support and |
| services for OpenOffice.org. See <a href="/support">/support</a> for |
| details.</p> |
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| <li value="6"><b>Does OpenOffice.org software open Microsoft Word, Excel and |
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| <p>Yes. Go to File > Open and open your Microsoft file. Similarly, saving |
| in Microsoft formats will allow Microsoft users to open your OpenOffice.org |
| files.</p> |
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| <li value="7"><strong>What are the system requirements for OpenOffice.org?</strong><a name="7"></a> |
| <p>See the <a href="//dev_docs/source/sys_reqs.html">System Requirements page</a>. </p> |
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