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26-04-2008 8:05 AM
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http://www.openoffice.org/
Re: Openoffice
26-04-2008 8:23 AM
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It probably does not do all that MS Office does but with my present needs I have not found these limits yet.
Cliff
Re: Openoffice
26-04-2008 8:45 AM
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Re: Openoffice
26-04-2008 8:56 AM
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I use it on my Linux machines, and would use it on my Windows machine it I did not already have a copy of Office.
There is a slight readjustment curve, as some of the menu placements and how you do things are a little different. But no more that when you upgrade MS Office.
Chilly
Re: Openoffice
26-04-2008 8:57 AM
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Quote from: Peter Does it support the Office 2007 file formats yet - docx etc?
Or should the question be, does Office 2007 support open document standards?
Re: Openoffice
26-04-2008 10:52 AM
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Quote from: Peter Does it support the Office 2007 file formats yet - docx etc?
Yes and no
see:-
http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/03/28/openoffice_update_two_four/
Cliff
Re: Openoffice
26-04-2008 1:32 PM
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Most don't need the other things that Office Supplies, such as VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and Macros (unless OpenOffice really has caught up with their own equivilants?)
All current Microsoft Office 2007 Documents saved in their new native format, Document Type X, are just ZIP's with XML files in folders.
So long as you have a ZIP Program, you can explore it and get the data out in a semi-readable form.
You would get the same effect using older Office formats and just bunging them in a ZIP File in the first place,
and would be much simpler.
It's still not a problem,
because you can convert/open either way between Open Office types and Microsoft Office types.
Jim,
Re: Openoffice
26-04-2008 2:11 PM
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Re: Openoffice
26-04-2008 5:43 PM
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Re: Openoffice
26-04-2008 10:33 PM
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Note that you will need to also install Java (in case you haven't) to utilise some of the OOo extended functionality; e.g. databases, conversion to Palm PDA formats, etc.
Hope this helps.
Re: Openoffice
27-04-2008 10:02 PM
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Re: Openoffice
27-04-2008 10:54 PM
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BTW, there's more Office Suites out there, that some people may find of use:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_office_suites
PS. In older versions, I used to be able to go to Files/Properties and see details of the file I was working on. Where's that function in MSOffice 2007?
Re: Openoffice
28-04-2008 12:28 AM
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Ref your PS: What info did you get? If you can tell me I will try to find it on Office 2007.
Cheers
Re: Openoffice
28-04-2008 8:50 PM
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Quote from: God Ref your PS: What info did you get? If you can tell me I will try to find it on Office 2007.
Do you mean under Properties? It shows the name of the file, the name of the author, the path where the file saved, dates for created, modified, saved and some other statistics. I use it often to check if the version I am working on is on USB stick or on the hard drive.
Re: Openoffice
28-04-2008 10:33 PM
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i have used MS Office 2007, and OK, it looks prettier, but at loadsamoney versus free there is no contest. The first time I used 2007 it took me ages to find how to print a document, because they have hidden all the basic stuff under an unlabelled icon at the top left.
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