anyone using open org. office software ?

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

How is it ? Is there good compatibility ?

[Itravelfreely Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Itravelfreely]

Open Office...

Hey there

I use open office and love it. It's def. worth a shot!

[dawg Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dawg]

I have used it, but not extensively. It appeared to have good compatibility with word and excel.

Dale

[opkansas Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close opkansas]

I deleted my 2007 office and installed open.org. It works and is compatible.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Yes Bill, I remember our discussion of the office 2007 problems.

[The Conch Man Past Goumba President & BigFrank's Cigar Buddy! Find all posts View Profile Close The Conch Man]

Hey Tony, been using it for a couple of years now as you know I'm cheap. Its a good product for free & once you get the hang of it, it works every time. The pic's are great & you can use it as a slide show, try it, you won't be disappointed!

[idahodude Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close idahodude]

I've used it a bit. It doesn't have quite all the bells and whistles, but it's very good for a free item and compatibility seems to be fine. Still have Microsoft office for home and work, though. Just use it where I volunteer.

[bigrick Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bigrick]

I presume you mean www: OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

That's the one.

[bigrick Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bigrick]

I do not use it now. But I did start checking it out last week.

I use WordPerfect currently because I like seeing the formatting info via reveal codes. Is there a similar option in openoffice?

[somerville Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close somerville]

I have it on one computer. I read something recently that said Microsoft is going to add support for Open Office files in an upcoming release of Microsoft Office.

[Jim McLaren Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jim McLaren]

I have it on one computer. I read something recently that said Microsoft is going to add support for Open Office files in an upcoming release of Microsoft Office.

That'll be the day. They've proposed the new format of Office 2007 documents to be the "open" format that everyone should support even there are already other standards they could have adopted. Even so, if Openoffice.org gains enough market share they probably won't ignore it.

[somerville Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close somerville]

That'll be the day.

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