OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multiplatform and multilingual office suite comparable with MS Office. With the final release two months away and an alpha version available, it's time to look at OpenOffice.org 3.1's new features: eye candy, better charts, replying to notes in the margin, overlining, macros in Base, RTL improvements for Arabic and Hebrew, and (believe it or not) better sorting. Download and report any bugs you find.
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they both have their place in the market
OpenOffice would have a better place in the market if they focus now on new features, and on performance. That's the main problem with OO, and it's also the reason I use Microsoft Office 2007.
Wait, scratch that bit. The biggest problem with OO is the look. It's so ugly. :X
Exactly. The look is ugly no matter what OS you're on. It's especially disconcerting on a Mac (Neo Office isn't much better either). They should do what the Firefox team did, and create separate skins for Mac, Linux, and Windows. That's the only reason I still use Word 2008 for Mac, because it looks nicer.
Was that before the .docx format was available in MS Office? OO seems to do much better with the newer format.
Last edited by ataris_kid on 21 Jan 2009 - 12:35
No it was with office 2003.
Actually, you had a much cheaper option: dump MS Office and go totally with Open Office, since those MS Office documents were the source of the problems.
NO! That is a yes, office 2003 pre-dates Office Open XML (i.e. .docx, .xlsx etc...)
Just wait until MS Office 13, then we can all be happy and finally use ODF co-operatively.
Quoted for truth. Only recently Microsoft released part of the specs for the doc/ppt/xls binaries, and since OP was dealing with Microsoft files, OP was just asking for troubles.
Office 2007 Pro retails for $420 CDN.
A few features in MS Office that are not present in OpenOffice is a small price to pay for what your are getting for absolutely nothing.
High school students and casual home users can get by just fine with OpenOffice. For post-secondary students, it depends on their program.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116135
You get PowerPoint Word and Excel, the most used apps.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116135
You get PowerPoint Word and Excel, the most used apps.
office costs 10 dollars at my college for enterprise
Of course that wouldn't make sense because as a graduate you would have a job, and, therefore be able to afford the $600+ price tag. Though in truth, it probably is just easier to get the Office 2007 Enterprise (with valid activation) and that version cost nothing and comes with Visio. Trojan free too, imagine that. Not that I would own such a copy, though I do have a "friend" who does.
BTW... Office student edition is pretty worthless because it is missing Outlook and Access... these are kind of actually important programs.
Nothing wrong with opensource mind you...look at what it did with firefox and ubuntu...but it hasn't produced a good office suite worth a thing.
Nothing wrong with opensource mind you...look at what it did with firefox and ubuntu...but it hasn't produced a good office suite worth a thing.
As much as I don't care for microsoft, if they made a linux version of office I would probably more than likely pick up a copy. Powerpoint is a superior program than Impress. However, I don't have a Windows licensees, and I can get by with openoffice so that is exactly what I use.
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