| # | Author | Message |
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| cmpaley
Sun 3/9/2008 1:22p | As I have an iMac, I would really like to go Microsoft-free if possible. I have MS Office for Mac on my system because I know that it has everything I use and is compatible with what I have at work. Has anyone used OpenOffice and is it on par in terms of features with MS Office. I'm particularly interested in how Word and Excel rate against their OpenOffice counterparts. Thanks! |
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| x Pirate_Princess x
Sun 3/9/2008 1:25p | We use OpenOffice at work on Windows.
For the most part, I see no difference. I'm able to bring work home and use it on MSOffice and vice versa.
The only thing is you have to be very careful how you save your files with the extensions, otherwise, they won't be compatible.
I always have to change my excel files from .ods to .xls
but otherwise, I see no difference. |
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| avromark
Wed 3/12/2008 10:39a | Well Open Office in no way shape or form resembles Office 2007. Then again I tend to use Office 2000, only pulling out 2007 when I have too. |
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| twirlnhurl
Wed 3/12/2008 3:02p | If MSOffice has any advantage over Open Office, it is not worth the extra cost by any means. Save your money, get Open Office (and yes, I like Open Office better then MS Office, too). |
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| johnno52
Wed 3/12/2008 6:41p | I use Open Office with Linux and Office 2000 on my laptop with windows and they interact well but follow Princess' advice about saving files. The great thing about Linux is that every program is free! |
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| cmpaley
Wed 3/12/2008 7:23p | I have MS Office for Mac 2004 (Student and Teacher Edition). I downloaded OpenOffice for Mac and learned that I have to run it using X11 which appears to be a Unix based windowing environment. Can't they get it to work native in the MacOS? |
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| avromark
Wed 3/12/2008 8:02p | If there's enough Mac enthusiasts who know how to program, the answer is probably yes.
My Mac SE/30 has a built in Sony monitor and your iMac does not. |
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| fkurucz
Thu 3/13/2008 7:24a | <<I have MS Office for Mac 2004 (Student and Teacher Edition).<<
So do we. Still waiting for the native Intel version.
<<I downloaded OpenOffice for Mac and learned that I have to run it using X11 which appears to be a Unix based windowing environment. Can't they get it to work native in the MacOS?>>
That's a shame. I suppose that its too much work to port it. |
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| avromark
Thu 3/13/2008 8:55a | Well I purchased my copy a long long time ago (2000 Professional) and feel no need to really upgrade or switch. Quite simply I'm used to it. Some of my computers came with Office 2007 Student and Teacher. I'd rather use Open then 2007 any day. But I think Darkbeer loves 2007 :) |
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| alexbook
Tue 3/18/2008 8:41p | I recently got a new computer at work, and found that we'd switched from MS Office to Open Office. (This is on a Windows PC.)
There are some minor differences. Some of our existing Word documents and Excel spreadsheets don't look as good as they used to. I also lost a couple of hours because the Excel spreadsheet I use most often stopped working and I had to rewrite some formulas. |
