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Free Open Office (Merged)
peterfleet
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At last there is a rival system version called OpenOffice 1.1.2 that is free to download from https://www.openoffice.org, and that has the features and compatability to the world leader £300 Microsoft Office 2003. The mag PC PRO just out (Dec 2004) reviews 8 office suites for the PC and rates this latest version of OpenOffice best overall. If you buy the mag it supplies a CD that contains the OpenOffice software so you won't have to spend time and money downloading it if you don't have broadband. And the mag says it runs on Windows 95 onwards.
Hope this helps other value for money seekers.
Hope this helps other value for money seekers.
Old Faithful we roam the range together,
Old Faithful in any kind of weather,
When the round up days are over,
And the Boulevard’s white with clover,
For you old faithful pal of mine.
Giddy up old fella cos the moon is yellow tonight,
Giddy up old fella cos the moon is mellow and bright,
There’s a coyote crying at the moon above,
Carry me back to the one I love,
And you old faithful pal of mine.
Old Faithful in any kind of weather,
When the round up days are over,
And the Boulevard’s white with clover,
For you old faithful pal of mine.
Giddy up old fella cos the moon is yellow tonight,
Giddy up old fella cos the moon is mellow and bright,
There’s a coyote crying at the moon above,
Carry me back to the one I love,
And you old faithful pal of mine.
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I'm not sure why you use "At Last" - i've been using OpenOffice.org for a few years and before that it's pre-decessor StarOffice.
It is very good for the money but takes some time getting used to and doesn't have all the features of Office (there is no Access like program for example)
There is Word,Excel and Powerpoint replacements however and some other apps like Draw.Alex Jones0 -
Fair enough it might be missing a DB program like Access, but since it's free and is comparable to MS Office, this is a great deal for anyone who's doesn't want to spend over inflated prices for MS products.0
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Sorry alexj2002 if I misled about my post when I wrote "At last....."
What I intended to mean was that this new version of OpenOffice has improved features and performance compared with its earlier versions, and better compatability with Microsoft Office 2003, to the point that it now offers at last, according to PC PRO reviewers, a system version to rival Microsoft's.
For those considering this version of OpenOffice it could be worth reading the reviews in that mag before you commit, because it covers other Office suites (including Sun StarOffice 7) in addition to Microsoft's.Old Faithful we roam the range together,
Old Faithful in any kind of weather,
When the round up days are over,
And the Boulevard’s white with clover,
For you old faithful pal of mine.
Giddy up old fella cos the moon is yellow tonight,
Giddy up old fella cos the moon is mellow and bright,
There’s a coyote crying at the moon above,
Carry me back to the one I love,
And you old faithful pal of mine.0 -
Another nice touch is that you can create PDF documents directly from within OpenOffice. 8)This space has been intentionally left blank0
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Yeah sure no problem - just didn't want others confused.
M$ Office does seem a huge rip-off when you look at what your getting there and what's on offer here for free.
If you can't download it there are many distributors willing to send you a CD for a pound or two. The OO.O approved list is here : http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/sellers.html#UK (although I should point out that my site is on that list to avoid any criticism for promotion etc.)Alex Jones0 -
I downloaded this today and first impressions are that it is very impressive. If like me you don't really have a need for an office application at home then I would recommend this package.
Firstly its free and secondly it is compatible with MS Office.
For those of you on broadband download it and try it out for yourself - it's about 50mb and took about 10 minutes to download today on my 512KB service.
As a money saving forum this is a great tip as it's free and everyone can make use of it at some point.
This proves that owning a PC is no longer as expensive as it once was.0 -
I've been using Open office now for about 6 months. Don't use an office suite at home that often, so this suited me. So far no real compliants, does what it says on the tin.
I do like the pdf convert thing, that is very useful."An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind" - Mahatma Gandhi0 -
Can it handle Macros and VBA ? especially in its spreadsheet, and is it only free for home users ?0
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It's free for anyone including businesses.Alex Jones0
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OpenOffice has its own versions of macros and basic, but I understand that you would not be able to run Microsoft's macros and VBA routines within OpenOffice's equivalents of Word and Excel. You would have to first build the equivalents for OpenOffice using the provided tools. The OpenOffice.org web site and the OOo forums provide a lot of information.
The decision to adopt OpenOffice depends.......
For the larger business which has, say, 50 plus users that currently uses Microsoft Office with a number of macros, the decision to switch to another office suite is not obvious. It would need, I suggest, to be part of a company wide review. But the potential lower cost of usage compared with Microsoft Office, taking into account all other aspects like user and support retraining, rewriting and testing macros and VBA replacement routines, could be the incentive for many businesses to carry out the review. There are now a number of documented case studies.
For the home user or new business, I think that the decision to use the OpenOffice suite is simple once you have trialled the suite to confirm the usability and the training implications.Old Faithful we roam the range together,
Old Faithful in any kind of weather,
When the round up days are over,
And the Boulevard’s white with clover,
For you old faithful pal of mine.
Giddy up old fella cos the moon is yellow tonight,
Giddy up old fella cos the moon is mellow and bright,
There’s a coyote crying at the moon above,
Carry me back to the one I love,
And you old faithful pal of mine.0
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