question on office 2007 trial version

[sandra]

Hello,

around two months ago i lost Office when i reinstalled my Vista.

So I installed a trial version - i only needed office because of my cv for email job applications.

this trial version expires in a few days.

I could try openoffice, i gather that i can import my cv from my trial version into open office, correct?

Will office expire all by itself? Or do have to deinstall it? Tell MS that i don't want it?

[soybean]

Will office expire all by itself? Or do have to deinstall it? Tell MS that i don't want it?

When the trial period ends, Office will simply stop working for you.  It will not uninstall; you can uninstall it in the usual way.  You don't need to contact MS.

i only needed office because of my cv for email job applications.

What is "cv"?

[sandra]

cv is short for curriculum vitae, another word for it would be resume.

So, apparently ther's no proper englsih word for it 

[soybean]

cv is short for curriculum vitae, another word for it would be resume.

So, apparently ther's no proper englsih word for it 

Oh, I'd say your wording is correct but this is a computing forum and I was not sure what you meant by the two letter (lower case) abbreviation.

Is the CV in Word's .doc or .docx format?  If you have Word 2007, the default format for documents is .docx.
The lastest version of OpenOffice will recognize .docx files.  The latest version of OpenOffice is 3.1.0.  Still, depending on what features you used to create your CV is Word, I cannot say for sure whether all formatting and layout will be recognized by OpenOffice.

[sandra]

yes, my CV is word 2007 and I've just installed Openoffice, the latest version  .

How do i go about importing the cv to openoffice? So that i can deinstall MS Office, asap?

[soybean]

You don't "import" it, just open it. 

[sandra]

yes, this i did, then i saved it, under a different name, but when i looked at it, there was that ms-word symbol.

[sandra]

ok, just saw that i can choose the file type 

but which file ty should i use best?

[soybean]

I believe you should choose the .odt format.  It's the normal file type for OpenOffice word processing documents.

[patio]

For the PDF you can use Foxit Reader...FREE.
However i don't believe you can edit it...

[sandra]

thanks all

i didn't lose the cv, everything alright!

 

[Salmon Trout]

People don't know what a CV is

[sandra]

ok problem solved;

yet, to round off this thread, i'd like to know how it is in general with trial versions:

do they leave some hidden file behind in your registry to prevent you from using them over an over again?

Which, of course, would make sense from a commercial point of view...

Or can you reinstall trial versions zillions of times by just using a different e-mail registration?

[Salmon Trout]

1. May be useful

http://filetonic.com/blog/2009/05/13/uninstalling-the-microsoft-office-trial/

do they leave some hidden file behind in your registry to prevent you from using them over an over again?

Yes