Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 13, 2004 02:48 AM
Why don't you upgrade to OpenOffice.org? Or StarOffice?
It's a great piece of software. OOo is more compatible with MS Office 2003 than Office97 is. It has pretty much all the features of MS Office (no Outlook equivalent) and it has several important features not present in MS Office. Some that come to mind include:
* PDF export. * Draw (Vector Graphics program). * Files are smaller and much more reliable (bye-bye file corruption!). * It is inmune to MS Office viruses (bye-bye MyDoom, Blaster, etc). * It's certainly cheaper.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-)
There are ways to make the transition very painless. For one, you can have both OOo and MS Office installed on the same machine. This can help people get used to them.
If you want to discuss this, send me an email (dcarrera AT openoffice.org).
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Re:Warning... OFFICE 2003 is Viral in it's action
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 13, 2004 02:48 AMIt's a great piece of software. OOo is more compatible with MS Office 2003 than Office97 is. It has pretty much all the features of MS Office (no Outlook equivalent) and it has several important features not present in MS Office. Some that come to mind include:
* PDF export.
* Draw (Vector Graphics program).
* Files are smaller and much more reliable (bye-bye file corruption!).
* It is inmune to MS Office viruses (bye-bye MyDoom, Blaster, etc).
* It's certainly cheaper.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-)
There are ways to make the transition very painless. For one, you can have both OOo and MS Office installed on the same machine. This can help people get used to them.
If you want to discuss this, send me an email (dcarrera AT openoffice.org).
Cheers,
Daniel.
OpenOffice.org volunteer.
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