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S&N Genealogy Supplies

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Pauline

Pauline Report 21 Jan 2009 13:51

Thought I,d share this...might save someone some money.
I obtained The London1891 Census CDpack...having made sure that my PC was compatable ...I then found out much to my disapointment that I needed microsoft office this will then start to cost money , in short I should of stuck to buying credits .I wish the magazine made this clear.

RobG

RobG Report 21 Jan 2009 14:00

You say you need Microsoft Office. Is this because your disc is based on or outputs Excel files? If so you could download the Excel Viewer from the Microsoft website. It is free and means you can open and read Excel files (but obviously cannot change them). Worth a try.

RobG

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 21 Jan 2009 14:03

Or try Open Office from Sun Systems - it is free and is compatible with most Microsoft formats.

Ron

Ron Report 21 Jan 2009 14:37

I'm very suprised if this is the case.

Have you contacted them by telephone, their number is on their website

Ron
www.genealogyprinters.com

Ron

Ron Report 21 Jan 2009 16:39

I thought this did not sound right so I checked it out by e-mailing S&N. Here's their reply.
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To use any of the S&N CD sets all that is required is Adobe Acrobat reader.
This is included on the CD's at no extra charge.
For people using Apple Mac computers the reader is freely downloadable from the mac web site.
All the data is in PDF format.
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Ron
www.genealogyprinters.com

Ron

Ron Report 22 Jan 2009 09:02

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