Re: [Sheflug] OpenOffice.org 3.0

[David Holden <dh@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 15 October 2008, Chris Warburton wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 October 2008 09:42:05 Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> > Yes.  The general design idea behind OOo is that with every major
> > release such as 1.xx or 2.xx they will introduce new things and move
> > towards the ultimate aim of making OpenOffice.org the best office suite
> > out there.
>
> OpenOffice.org's strength, I think, lies in its closeness to Microsoft
> Office pre-2007. With many people getting confused by Microsoft Office
> 2007's interface (the kind of people who only learn the combination of
> buttons to press, rather than grasping the interface paradigms and
> metaphors used) it is a good opportunity to spread OpenOffice.org as a
> familiar-feeling free office suite, which is still being updated and
> improved (as opposed to, say, Microsoft Office 2003 which is now left to
> rot since 2007 is out).
>
> Personally though I just use AbiWord, since I don't need it to feel like
> Microsoft Office and Abiword is a LOT quicker to start up than
> OpenOffice.org. Also OpenOffice.org Calc needs some improvements to its
> graphs before it is usable for me in Physics labs, I'll check out the new
> version but if they've not been made yet then I'll stick to Gnumeric.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I am still a fan of OpenOffice.org, but it is often
> complete overkill for what I need, and doesn't support some features I
> require. But hey, it's all Free Software which means I can choose. I keep
> it around since its proprietary format handling is unequalled amongst Free
> office suites :)
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>


 I just use zoho or google docs and have done with word processors. Not an 
option for everyone I know but worth looking at.

 Dave.


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