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Missing menu bar when running Go-oo Office 2.4.1 on Windows 98 with VBEMP

April 16, 2022May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment microsoft office, open office, vbemp, windows 98

Recently when installing Go-oo Office v2.4.1 on my old laptop that is running Windows 98 with the VBEMP 9x driver

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Office Reader 2.0, the best Word/Excel/Powerpoint/RTF/PDF viewer with superb backwards compatibility

November 26, 2021September 10, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment excel, google docs, microsoft office, office reader, powerpoint, word

Microsoft used to give free viewers for Office files (.DOC/,DOCX/.XLS/.XLSX/.PPT/.PPTX) as well as for Visio files (.VSD), These viewers work

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Open Office 2007 documents on Windows 98

September 15, 2020February 22, 2025 ToughDev 1 Comment microsoft office, office 2007, office 97, open office, win98, windows 98

On my old but trusted Windows 98 laptop, which is used mostly for DOS and early Windows games, there is an occasional

Since 2008, ToughDev has been extensively exploring a variety of technical topics—from software development to electronics design. Key areas of focus include Android and iOS programming, VoIP technologies, embedded systems using Arduino and PIC microcontrollers, reverse engineering, and retro-computing.

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