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Thread ID: 103949 2009-10-11 22:00:00 Any OpenOffice.org Users out there? Yorick (8120) Press F1
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819458 2009-10-12 00:34:00 Have been using it for ages and am very pleased with it.

Only reason I still keep an old version of Microsoft Office is for copying/pasting text from internet pages into a text document. Microsoft Office does it perfectly and OpenOffice has difficulties with this, especially with the layout.
Cyberhuskey (13067)
819459 2009-10-12 02:44:00 Partner and I have used it for many years.Beats anything else hands down. kjaada (253)
819460 2009-10-12 02:45:00 Also if I'm allowed to b***H as you suggest, to have an option on install that file types default to Office XP/2003 would be just fantastic - the first thing I do after install is change default file types.

Actually - very good point. I change this every time, first thing after install. A tick box during install (along with the create a desktop icon or some such place) would be absolutely ideal. I'd send you a 15 box if you implemented that!! :punk
wratterus (105)
819461 2009-10-12 03:57:00 Yes an email client with Outlook features (calender, tasks etc) would see me running it as my default and ditching MS office completely, we run a mixture of OO and MS 03 and 07 gary67 (56)
819462 2009-10-12 04:46:00 Home user. Find it is great. Like the price. tut (12033)
819463 2009-10-12 04:50:00 Office 2007 works for me and it's also used in most Education facilities. Sweep (90)
819464 2009-10-12 05:03:00 Whilst I don't use it myself as I have MS Office, I have installed OpenOffice on quite a number of computers and the main thing I don't like about it is the time it takes to load. I also don't like it putting itself in Startup to speed up the loading time, just as I don't like MS Office doing that either.

Like others have said, having the file types default to Office docs would be a good move.
FoxyMX (5)
819465 2009-10-12 05:22:00 Does anyone have a good download link? Thanks PJ Poppa John (284)
819466 2009-10-12 05:24:00 Have been using it for ages and am very pleased with it.

Only reason I still keep an old version of Microsoft Office is for copying/pasting text from internet pages into a text document. Microsoft Office does it perfectly and OpenOffice has difficulties with this, especially with the layout.

I use "Paste special > paste as formatted text" (ctrl+shift+v)which has the advantage of getting shot of all the garbage in behind. This leaves the pictures out however.
Yorick (8120)
819467 2009-10-12 05:51:00 Does anyone have a good download link? Thanks PJ

The best download link locally is
mirror.ece.auckland.ac.nz
It will only accept connections from .nz providers
Yorick (8120)
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