OpenOffice suite

I have been using Openoffice for sometime now, I think OpenOffice deserves a detailed discussion. I have been using it since it's version 1.1. There has been a lot of improvement since version 1.1. The present version is 2.1 which is a very good office suite.

Open Office works pretty well, it can handle pretty much anything that the comparable proprietary program can. I like the export to PDF function which on Microsoft can only be used in conjunction with another program.

Said By happy2bg33k

Open Office works pretty well, it can handle pretty much anything that the comparable proprietary program can. I like the export to PDF function which on Microsoft can only be used in conjunction with another program.

I don't have that problem with MSO, if you go into your tools which most people don't know about it has a self contained pdf converter. It's not an add on it is part of the program. Now I have other problems with MSO and for what I do OO hasn't cleaned up some of it's deficientcies.

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Said By aquariancore

I don't have that problem with MSO, if you go into your tools which most people don't know about it has a self contained pdf converter. It's not an add on it is part of the program.

Huh. I guess that shows you how often I actually do any serious work on Windows and MSO. I prefer OpenOffice and use it almost exclusively but I'm a big proponent of Linux in most regards anyway.

OO is a great alternative but it can't compare to MSO. Although the difference between the two is hard to justify spending the money.

Said By Tangent210

OO is a great alternative but it can't compare to MSO. Although the difference between the two is hard to justify spending the money.

This is very true. Over a short period of time OpenOffice has come quite a long way. There are still things to be done and features need to be implemented but as of now for basic users it works quite well.