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laesperanzapaz

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I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
« 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.
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Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
« Reply #2 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.)
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Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2008, 10:27:01 PM »
both suck, go here.
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Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2008, 10:27:49 PM »
Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on July 28, 2008, 10:27:01 PM
both suck, go here.

These people aren't hardcore like us.
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Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2008, 10:28:14 PM »
I use Open Office as well because I'm cheap.
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laesperanzapaz

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Re: I'm shaving 160 bux with Open office instead of MS office suite
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2008, 02:19:26 AM »
oopen office  it is

tanks guys
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