deano87
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Yet to install my acquired Microsoft Office back onto my PC. Keep seeing the adverts for OpenOffice. What are peoples opinions?
 
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dannymccann
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Im going to give it a go on my next format. Im starting a new system of not using acquired software  Which is also why Im scouting for the cheapest price for XP Pro.
Apparently OO is exactly the same as MO, just with slightly different formats, menus etc and it all works together so working from home and transporting work to uni computers shouldnt be a
edit - did you end up formatting to get rid of that trojan/virus? 
[Edited on 08-09-2008 by dannymccann]
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deano87
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Yes, yes I did 
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deano87
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Anyone else using it?
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AndyKent
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Used it at home for ages on my laptop as wanted to use legit software.
Writer is basically MS Word, Calc is Excel and thats all I use really. The only settings I've changed is to automatically save in a Word .doc format rather than whatever it was set up to do and used it.
Works great and free 
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deano87
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What is the PowerPoint like? I use that a lot.
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AndyKent
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No idea, didn't even install it as it wouldn't get used....
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Rab
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Same as above, didnt use the Powerpoint, but the rest of it is good
Its just the same really, at least for what I use it for.
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Rab
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Only problem was - it reads MS files fine etc, but MS wont read the files if they are saved in the open office format. So you cant pop your stuff onto a stick and take it somewhere with MS Office.
Or at least it used to have this issue, not used it in about a year since MS Office came with this PC.
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dannymccann
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Yea Rab when you click Save just change it to Office 99 - 03 (or 07 if thats required) format and it saves it as .doc/.docx
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deano87
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Good to know. Might try it
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deano87
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127mb 
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dannymccann
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If thats the download size thats tiny, after installing Office 03 it leaves behind 400mb+ of setup files unless you delete them 
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deano87
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Yeah, except I'm getting 7kb/s
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PhilC
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It's epic.
Unless you can get MS Office for free, go for it!
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Doldy
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I think OpenOffice is very good, as its free and does pretty much all that MS office does.
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pow
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Its free and a fully functioning Office suite.
What more do you need?
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pow
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...and IMO is brillaint. Does everything it needs to and more, like saving direct to PDF
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
...and IMO is brillaint. Does everything it needs to and more, like saving direct to PDF
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pow
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And it does it well 
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deano87
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Writer doesn't like my dad's Rich Text Format letter heads and other work docs. Annoying.
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Daniel_Corsa
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Office 2007 none of this open office gash
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pow
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Office 07 - is sick
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AndyKent
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Writer works with everything I've tried so far
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kz
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yeah all good i use it
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