Hi SuSE, I just installed over the weekend, OpenOffice 1.0 using Red Carpet. I am impressed, to say the least. I've been looking for an alternative to Corel Presentations 9.0. I have been using Corel Presentations on my Window$ box since Corel 7.0, but haven't really had a comparable program to use on my Linux box (SuSE 7.2). OpenOffice looks good enough to be that replacement. I couldn't find a way to play a CD as background music - ala Corel Presentations. Could this be achieved by writing a cron or some other script to run the CD player at the same time as OpenOffice Presentation program runs? If this can be done, where do I go to find out how to do that? I really am a newbie. I began my Linux experience with SuSE 6.4 Pro ( bought at best Buy in May, 2000) I had to join the local LUG to get that installed as a duel boot. The guy that helped with the install said it was almost as hard as installing Debian. I lost my 6.4 when I had to install Windows 98 upgrade to 95 for firewire use in my work (I do a lot of graphics intensive printing and slide presentations and Audio/visual videos). When 7.2 came out I bought it and a basic Athlon computer for the SuSE 7.2, no more dual boot. It looks like I may be able to eventually become a totally Linux user. I don't like Microsoft at all, and would use Linux exclusively if I could do my work on it. OpenOffice 1.0 is very encouraging. Now, if someone would only come out with a Linux desktop publish program I'd be set. If anyone can advise me as to how to play CD's with OpenOffice, I'd be ever so grateful. Tom, in /usually/ sunny, balmy Florida's First Coast. ><> <>< With enough eyes, all bugs are shallow. Linus Torvalds ><> <>< This message originated from a Unix computer using Open Source software: SuSE Linux 7.2 Pro, Galeon 1.2.0-9 Browser, AbiWord 1.0.1 Word Processor, Ximian Gnome 1.4.0.8 and Evolution 1.0.5-1 Groupware Suite. Have a lot of fun!!! (Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.) ______________________________________________________________________________