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| Thread ID: 90609 | 2008-06-09 13:53:00 | Open Office - Good Enough ? | learning (5137) | PC World Chat |
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| 676845 | 2008-06-09 22:42:00 | Open Office will work fine. If you wish to share files with other people then it is best to use File> Save as> then choose RTF (Rich Text Format) No it isn't. Its best to click on Tolls - Options, then choose Load/Save - General. Then change Txt to MS Word2000/XP format And Calc to MS Excel200/XP. That way it saves as MS format and oyu don't need to worry. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 676846 | 2008-06-09 22:44:00 | While Open office is free, I have also had a lot of customers complain about it because they are used to using Office 2003 at work and the difference between open office and MS means they have to learn two systems. In those cases I suggest Ability office (www.ability.com) - its not free, but is dirt cheap, and looks and works exactly the same as office, the only thing you have to do is when saving ( like open office) save it in a MS format if its being shared. How MS have not Killed this program I dont know, its SO CLOSE to office 2003 you would swear it was a direct copy. Every thing you do in MS 03 you do exactly the same in Ability, maybe the odd icon looks slightly different but thats all. Take a look at these example - Word and Ability Write (www.imagef1.net.nz) and Excel and Spreadsheet (www.imagef1.net.nz) Wow - I've never even heard of it! You learn something every day. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 676847 | 2008-06-09 22:51:00 | Is that the old ABIWORD? Quote: AbiWord has a comprehensive language database with multiple languages. It also has support for tables and footnotes, as well as a spell checker and an advanced grammar checking system. Interface AbiWord has a similar user interface to classic versions of Microsoft Word, which is intended to ease migration for new users. Although there are differences, the AbiWord developers aim to embrace and extend this de facto standard in business. With recent changes in Office 2007 user interface, AbiWord becomes a viable alternative, since it mimics the old versions of Word. The interface is intended to follow user interface guidelines for each respective platform. File formats AbiWord is packaged with several import/export filters, including Rich Text Format, HTML, OpenDocument, and Microsoft Word. An input filter for Office Open XML (docx) is included beginning with version 2.6.0. LaTeX is supported for export only. Plug-in filters are available to deal with many other formats, notably WordPerfect documents. The native file format, .abw, uses XML, so as to mitigate vendor lock-in concerns with respect to interoperability and also digital archiving. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 676848 | 2008-06-09 22:56:00 | I that the old ABIWORD? No Abiword is completely different to Ability office |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 676849 | 2008-06-09 22:56:00 | Wow - I've never even heard of it! You learn something every day. Been using it for several years, the older versions looked like Open office, then they came out with this version a couple of years back - Heres the Save options (www.imagef1.net.nz). |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 676850 | 2008-06-09 23:00:00 | Been using it for several years, the older versions looked like Open office, then they came out with this version a couple of years back - Heres the Save options (www.imagef1.net.nz). I like that! Cheers... :thumbs: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 676851 | 2008-06-09 23:05:00 | One thing I forgot to mention - their support from our experience if you have a problem is excellent, write a email and they have answered every time within 1 day with a workable solution. (that was for a customer who used the Data Base - I dont use MS Access so couldn't assist) Just a side issue about service, they sometimes have competitions as well - the last one the Mrs entered with my son, was a online Sudoku Game run by Ability, single and partners world wide - we won three Ipod nano's , they contacted us on the Wednesday to say we had won, asked for the address of the Apple Dealers / Suppliers in NZ, and they turned up on the Friday. :banana :punk |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 676852 | 2008-06-09 23:32:00 | Well, we certainly do learn things everyday - thanks Wainuitech. I used to use OpenOffice and it works fine. The reason I abandoned it is that if I accessed a Word file on our network (work), the formatting changed and the file fell to pieces for anyone else. Very frustrating and I wasn't too popular. :D The other thing is that OO is clunky and slow to open. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 676853 | 2008-06-09 23:34:00 | OpenOffice is very good for a free office suite but because it runs through Java it can have higher resource usage than something written natively for windows, eg: Corel or Microsoft Office | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 676854 | 2008-06-10 03:27:00 | You're right WT. How MS hasn;t absolutely wiped these guys out is a complete mystery but more power to them. Sounds like an excellent company with great prizes :thumbs: | beeswax34 (63) | ||
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