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Title: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
Post by: laesperanzapaz on July 28, 2008, 08:03:02 PM

Tell me why that's a bad move, and I may or may not change it.

Is there compatibility issues? [i.e. file formats, etc]
Are important features missing?

My focus is the word processor, and the spreadsheet thingie [what MS calls Excel], and the powerpoint thingie.
Also, it's for student-ish use, not really for business.

But while we're at it: lets talk about any negative aspects if I were to use it for business use.

Title: Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on July 28, 2008, 08:11:53 PM

Open office powerpoint and excell suck. I like to use MS Office so i'm 100% always compatible with my school and it's a cleaner and more user friendly interface.

Title: Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
Post by: Brehvolution on July 28, 2008, 08:21:04 PM

You may run into formatting issues. But I've always had no problems as you can save your files in office extensions.(.doc, .xls, etc.)

Title: Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
Post by: MrAngryFace on July 28, 2008, 08:38:47 PM

If this is a money issue it may save you in the short term, but for compatibilities sake its not a horrible idea to get Office eventually. The latest office edition is pretty sweet imo.

Title: Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on July 28, 2008, 10:27:01 PM

both suck, go here (http://www.tug.org/begin.html).

Title: Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
Post by: TVC15 on July 28, 2008, 10:27:49 PM

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on July 28, 2008, 10:27:01 PM

both suck, go here (http://www.tug.org/begin.html).

These people aren't hardcore like us.

Title: Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on July 28, 2008, 10:28:14 PM

I use Open Office as well because I'm cheap.

Title: Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
Post by: laesperanzapaz on July 29, 2008, 02:19:26 AM

oopen office  it is

tanks guys