Rather than waiting for this and answers to your next questioins, you might save yourself some time if you just go ahead and try a Debian install. Sure, you might not get everything exactly right the first time and want to go back and install again, but that's part of the learning process and could still be faster than waiting for an answer to a question like this.
I understand that & I do it on my home computer which is a P4. But the old hardware computer in question is 30 mins away from my residence. It is needed for a non-profit organization. Somebody has donated an old PC and I hv to make it work.

It is a Pentium 2: 350.. 128MB SDRAM, 4GB HardDisk & CDROM and has no usb, no floppy & no internet.

The things I have with me are Knoppix 4.0.2 & Damn Small Linux. I tried Knoppix boot: hit return.. it didnt load. I will try knoppix desktop=icewm tnow. However the problem is that after the very 1st 2 lines of commandline..it hangs. I made 1GB swap partition. Is dat enuff ?

Then I used Damn Small Linux and used the "lowram" boot option.. It loaded. But I feel something with more Office applications is desireable.

This is the reason I am seeking some guidance in knowing which distro. At home i have a 64kbps internet connection. So i do not mind dwlding a distro. although it will take very long on my slow connection. The PC where i will be installing has no internet. So i would want something tht wud run out of the box. Only necessity would be officeapplications (mostly word processor), a basic gui and some basic multimedia support (i dont expect to author dvds on the old hardware).