Thread: Open office 2?

Anyone ever use this software suite? Hows it work out for you? Is it a good replacement for microswipe?

I don't use it all the time, but when I do it works pretty well. The best thing about it for me is that it will open Word and Excel etc., and save to them too. So yeah, I'd say it's pretty good as a replacement, particularly if you need to interact with others who use Microsoft.

Mind you, I only have it on my Linux machine. Haven't tried it in windows for quite some time.

James.

Open office is about 98% good as a replacement for M$ Office. I'm not sure about a database component but even microsoft cant make access compatible from one version to the next. The presentation function works for most powerpoint files. I have only seen one or two MS PP files it wouldn't open. They were Office XP files that other versions of M$ wouldn't open either.
Once you get by the differences, layout, terminology, etc it works very well. I have found MS does a somewhat better job with cut and paste from websites.
My dos pennies and YMMV

Bob

I use it and I love it. as bob says it can take a bit of time to learn the new terminology et al, but once you do it's just as powerful.

Thanks guys

I use it too and there are some functions I like even more than the corresponding ones in MS Office

For example: Try to embed a flash-flv-Video-file in MS Powerpoint