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Beryl Greenacre
Big Scaredy-Baby
Join date: 24 Jun 2003
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10-19-2004 11:59
I was reading today on the Future Tense tech news site that OpenOffice, a free, open source office software package, turns four years old today. I've heard a bit about OpenOffice, but not much.
Does anybody here use it? Is it worth using? Just curious. |
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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10-19-2004 12:16
I do! It's great
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Siobhan Taylor
Nemesis
Join date: 13 Aug 2003
Posts: 5,476
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10-19-2004 12:31
Yep, been using it since it first started... wonderful app... best on the market right now... (well the pay for version StarOffice is, but OpenOffice is 99.999%)
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Mickey Valentino
Disciple of the Watch
Join date: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 230
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10-19-2004 14:10
Open Office is truly a great program and is on par with both of its competitors, its conversions in my experience work better than the other 2 as well.
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Ace Cassidy
Resident Bohemian
Join date: 5 Apr 2004
Posts: 1,228
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10-19-2004 14:20
For all that I need (.doc, .xls, and .ppt creation/editting), OpenOffice is wonderful. No muss, no fuss, and no US$ going to Microsoft.
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Tiger Crossing
The Prim Maker
Join date: 18 Aug 2003
Posts: 1,560
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10-19-2004 15:07
A great excuse not to buy more M$ crap.
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Camille Serpentine
Eater of the Dead
Join date: 6 Oct 2003
Posts: 1,236
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10-19-2004 15:08
I had tried StarOffice and liked it.
Thanks for the link - going to download it now. _____________________
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Beryl Greenacre
Big Scaredy-Baby
Join date: 24 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,312
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10-19-2004 16:07
Thanks all for the positive input about OpenOffice. I think this will keep me from making a costly (and, apparently, unnecessary) upgrade to the current version of MS Office.
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Tanaquil Karuna
Aoi aoi kono hoshi ni
Join date: 19 Aug 2004
Posts: 279
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10-20-2004 01:13
Unless you really need to use specific macros functions that can cause a few problems in OO, go with it. I've been using this only for more than 1 year now, it's a good software, never had any crap with it, and all the people to whom I've sent converted files (because they have MS and can't read the OO format that is) never complained. Besides, it's free, so you don't have anything to lose for trying it, do you
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