Open Office

[Guest Sundancefisher]

http://www.openoffice.org/

 

I just started using this. It seems a nice home alternative to buying Word or Wordperfect. Anyone have any problems with it?

[birchy]

It's worked fine for me the times I've used it.

[headscan]

Works alright in a home environment or where everyone else is using it as well. If you're in a collaborative environment where other people are using MS Office then it's useless - things like comments and change tracking don't carry over. I rely heavily on those features so OpenOffice is a non-starter for me.

[Guest KnottyGirl]

Works alright in a home environment or where everyone else is using it as well. If you're in a collaborative environment where other people are using MS Office then it's useless - things like comments and change tracking don't carry over. I rely heavily on those features so OpenOffice is a non-starter for me.

 

I agree... it's pretty basic. However, if you only need simple word processing it works just fine. I use it every now and then if I'm bringing work home from the office, depending on what it is I'm working on.

[Harps]

My wife uses it on her little laptop (just since xmas)... seems fine, and closer to the 2003 word which I like better than the new one with tabs (comfort thing).

I hadn't realized tracking didn't carry over... that would be a issue.

[headscan]

The last time I used OO it didn't support change tracking and comments - at least not in a way that Word was able to use. I don't know if more recent versions of MS Office or OO have fixed that.