On Jan 23, 2004, at 07:41, Gail Brown wrote: > I am running OSX.2.4 on aG3 iBook which came equipped with a trial > version of Microsoft Office. The trial has expired. Now everytime I > try to open a Word .doc, the Word app icon opens, appears in the dock > and tells me it has expired and do I want to buy it, which I do not. > How can I rid myself , or rather my iBook from this annoying message? > > By buying MS Office. Unless you pay for it you will not be able to use it, which means you won't be able to open those .doc documents.