Microsoft Office software needed

John_Gray

macman wrote: »

It's not OO that is the problem, it's MS Office, because it won't open native OO files.

I agree with almost all of your post (except I would substitute LibreOffice for OpenOffice), but suggesting that it is Microsoft's "problem" that they don't support a standard different from their own is perhaps pushing it a bit! Why should they? They have caused enough trouble with their own new .DOCX standard!

Neil49

John_Gray wrote: »

I agree with almost all of your post (except I would substitute LibreOffice for OpenOffice), but suggesting that it is Microsoft's "problem" that they don't support a standard different from their own is perhaps pushing it a bit! Why should they? They have caused enough trouble with their own new .DOCX standard!

I fully agree with using Libre Office.

It is an improved version of Open Office and includes all the latest file formats including .docx

And, of course, it's free!

macman

John_Gray wrote: »

I agree with almost all of your post (except I would substitute LibreOffice for OpenOffice), but suggesting that it is Microsoft's "problem" that they don't support a standard different from their own is perhaps pushing it a bit! Why should they? They have caused enough trouble with their own new .DOCX standard!

Because OO and LLO both support MS Office?

wazza

Thanks for the info. I will get her to check with school to see if she can get MS Office cheaply.

If not then will have to teach her to use libre office

John_Gray

macman wrote: »

Because OO and LLO both support MS Office?

Of course, they are the competitors to Microsoft Office - it's up to them to try to do all the officey things that Microsoft originated. Microsoft couldn't really care about other providers of Office software unless they get too large a market share and cause them to lose £lots of the money which they rely on to keep the business going.