Open Office

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22638

Installed it today, quite impressive.

katcha · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:36 am

tell me more.

why is it so good

is it worth $47

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22638

It's not $47, its free.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Up to now seems every bit as good as MS Office.

katcha · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:45 am

$47 on a snidey site

may well install it on the laptop when it comes back on tuesday cos 2007 was a bit 'tiresome'

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:34 am

If I could be arsed to learn the macro language in OO.org I'd prolly use it all the time.

Spender · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:40 am

I've just got it, it's a Godsend 'cos I only have Office in Chinese. :grin:

Frodraff · **Posted:** Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:30 pm

It's good if you have Works Home Edition that doesn't include Power Point. Open Office includes a Powerpoint clone which as far as I can gather does everything that Powerpoint does.

There's two computers in the frodraff household one with XP and the other with the tempremental Vista and Open Office is working fine on them both.

My only worry is how long will Microsoft allow this to happen as Microsoft Office and Open Office seem completely compatible amd interchangeable and I wouldn't imagine that Bill Gates would be too happy about that.

Oh yeah. It's a free down load which is easy as well........too good to be true really.

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