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Oct 3^rd, 2007 at 2:01pm

CharlottesDad Ex Member

Does anyone here use this? I'm thinking about downloading it but have always used Microsoft Office and wondered how the 2 compare.
I had an OEM version of Office 2003 but gave it away with my old PC as the licence was only valid on that machine and don't particularly want to spend upwards of £100 on something I rarely use.
What's the compatibility of OpenOffice.org with Vista?
Cheers,
Rob.

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Reply #1 - Oct 3^rd, 2007 at 11:17pm

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I don't use it but have heard a lot of good things about it, especially if you want compatibility with Microsoft Office on a LINUX or Mac machine. And the price is right. Wink

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Reply #2 - Oct 4^th, 2007 at 6:22am

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Its pretty good to use, i used it a lot on linux at uni...never encountered any problems either Wink

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Reply #3 - Oct 4^th, 2007 at 12:43pm

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I use ito for stuff that isnt word (spreadsheet, presentations etc) and it is VERY similar to Office....just with a few fewer settings.....and it's free!

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Reply #4 - Oct 4^th, 2007 at 1:25pm

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I'm using it, and finding it great. No problems with files from my school computers (running ms office), and my school computers dont have problems with openoffice files. Just save everything as a .doc and its good.

I've not had any problems with openoffice and vista so far.

- Akula

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Reply #5 - Oct 4^th, 2007 at 4:02pm

CharlottesDad Ex Member

I downloaded it earlier.
I'm impressed, very similar to MS Office though (not a bad thing)
Good value for the price Wink

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