Hi All & Doug, who typed out some stuff below. <snip> according to the Mandrake Newsletter, StarOffice 6.0 has been available since late March. I have not researched the price, I've been told it's not free. <snip> Yep, but you need to be a gold club member or silver or some such, to wit paid up member, to get hold of StarOffice 6.0. As for the rest of us, I quote, http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/news/ <snip> New StarOffice 6.0 Gains Early Support <http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=701&a=24914,00.asp> eWeek April 1, 2002 As Sun Microsystems Inc. readies its StarOffice 6.0 suite for a May release, some enterprises are already planning to rip out existing desktop productivity suites for the new product. <snip> More news to follow.... :-) Greek Geek :-) Real Men don't make backups. They upload it via ftp and let the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds