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Waste of time is loss of value
Member Review The fact is that OpenOffice (unlike other mature Open Source applications such as Mozilla) is FAR from being a stable, functional Office suite. Don't waste your time with OpenOffice. Few times have I encountered such calculated propaganda as in...
[June 14, 2004, 15:39]
Microsoft advises 'safe mode' for Word
Talkback Alternatively, install the free OpenOffice.org and let it handle your .doc files until the problem is resolved.
[May 24, 2006, 10:02]
Not only reveal codes
Member Review Also the structure of documents is far more simple than in the Word or OpenOffice formats. You don't need to deal with sections, paragraphs, words to properly format a document. Great word processor.
[May 6, 2005, 15:06]
OOXML expert: ODF standard is broken
News Alex Brown, a document-format expert who is convenor of the process to standardise Office Open XML (OOXML), posted a blog this week reporting the results of tests which he claims reveal that OpenOffice documents do not conform to the International...
[May 2, 2008, 15:47]
Group launched to promote OpenDocument in government
Talkback In Norway, at least one "fylkeskommune", that's the second level of administration units in Norway, is activly engaged in OpenOffice, administrating the discussion web-site for norwegians. Being the fylke third most north, long ditanses...
[March 7, 2006, 11:15]
Desktop Linux: Novell making slow progress
Talkback ".difference between NT and OpenOffice," Umm, since when was NT an office productivity suite? For example, the system which it uses to file expenses required Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and the Microsoft Java Engine.
[September 30, 2004, 18:16]
Microsoft licences too expensive, say schools
Talkback Just adopt OpenOffice on windows, keeping this OS temporarily. The way ahead is simple. Then you have freedom in terms of money and freedom (in terms of speech, since every pupil can have their own copy.
[January 15, 2006, 9:09]
French opt for laissez-faire Linux
News OpenOffice.org. The next major open source migration planned at the tax agency is a migration to the open source productivity application OpenOffice.org on 80,000 desktops. It hopes to switch to OpenOffice.org running on Windows XP, "probably by...
[November 9, 2005, 10:30]
Cross-platform, open standards & FREE!
Member Review Nothing cannot be done in OpenOffice. Highly functional. Migrating from MS Office entails little or no effort at all. I know! Because we have done it already in our company employing 100 employees. If it is not there, it can be configured/programmed.
[November 20, 2003, 13:12]
Genuine disadvantage more like
Talkback For anyone who's failed the GWA advantage test that Microsoft has set - dowload OpenOffice or try one of the excellent new hosted apps available like Thinkfree. At the end of the day - does software need to be this much hassle - I for one don't...
[October 31, 2006, 11:40]
Works in the home too!
Talkback Good set of points, here, which can also be applied to your relatives - I've introduced openoffice.org and firefox this way, leading to Linux on at least one more home laptop. The only problem I can see is that some aspects (dual-booting, test...
[April 2, 2009, 8:07]
Michael Dell chooses Linux at home
News He is also running OpenOffice and Firefox, according to his biography on Dell's website. After a lifelong allegiance to all things Microsoft, the chief executive of Dell is using Linux in his own home.
[April 19, 2007, 15:49]
CoooL
Downloads CoooL provides a launch panel for easy access to the openoffice.org applications. It also provides Finder integration with double-click opening of files.
[March 27, 2003, 7:00]
Why buy Office for Mac?
Talkback NeoOffice (www.neooffice.com) is the Mac version of OpenOffice and handles MS formats nicely. When you can get NeoOffice free?
[April 3, 2007, 13:54]
It's Office, but not as good
Member Review The procedure for OpenOffice is convoluted to say the least and took me at least 45 minutes to work out and involved saving a template and using it as the default (it seems much like the way Word 6.0 used to operate).
[October 8, 2004, 16:08]
What else would you offer for the next wave of desktop computing on Linux?
Member Review With OpenOffice and StarOffice there are few reasons for laggards to remain on the proprietary side. Desktop Linux is ready for prime time. I have used a very stable distribution for more than a year now.
[November 13, 2003, 10:56]
Microsoft 'must support OpenDocument'
Talkback ODF is _not_ "quite new", it is based on StarOffice's/OpenOffice's XML format that is about 5 years old. Yes, it has been extended and enhanced. That's all part of the standardization process. It has to work for everyone.
[October 8, 2005, 18:33]
Microsoft's anti-piracy plan condemned
Talkback I use Mozilla forr my web browser and OpenOffice for my office suite. Most Microsoft flaws is mostly two programs, Their web brower and office. And they are both free. I either download for free and not have to pay a arm and a leg for them.
[February 27, 2005, 1:55]
KDE getting ready to go native on Windows
Talkback As a small office desktop user our 'training' with Openoffice, etc.will make a switch to Linux easier when we are for$ed to by Microsoft.
[February 9, 2005, 19:27]
Linux gets warm reception in Chile
News The EduLinux distribution includes various open source applications including the office productivity application OpenOffice.org and the Mozilla browser. Linux has secured another role in the education sector through a government initiative in Chile.
[January 13, 2005, 13:10]
