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Open Office (OO.org); partial review, based on my experiences
Topic Started: Dec 21 2006, 03:18 PM (229 Views)
Draconic-Hybrid
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I learned how to use MSFT Office origionally. Then I moved to Lotus (just cause it was free with my PC), which I positively hated (Negitive marks across the board... I just couldn't find anything the first time w/o spending 20 min digging through menu after menu. <_<).

Anyways, back to the prime focus of this review, Open Office. I'll compare and contrast to MSFT Office based on my experiences....

Ease of use: Just about everything I've had to do in MSFT I can do as easily or easier in OO.org -- which as a general rule I personally find more intuitive. Notable "easier"s include: multiple numbering schemes for pages (which transfers to MSFT properly when you hit "Save As" btw) and inputting Formulae. You can even auto-update it over a net connection, keep it on a THUMB Drive (see my "Portable Applications, Anyone?" topic), and the documents are compressed (no image compression though sadly). You can also save to MSFT if you are working on a computer/network that won't allow OO.org use (like the CC).
OO.org: 8/10, MSFT: 7/10

Cost: OO.org wins by a landslide here -- no $$$ cost whatsoever, unlike MSFT's entry.
OO.org: 10/10 (come on, how can free be anything less in terms of cost alone?), MSFT: 0/10 (ok, this is a point I'm biased on)

Features: My only complaint regarding OO.org here is that it is harder to set some object properties (entering a dialog vs clicking a button on the toolbar) than those same object properties in MSFT. And there is a notable lack of Grammar checking, which can be mostly eliminated via expansion code (the one I like is LanguageTool, you can find it using a Google search in about 5 min.)
OO.org: 7.8/10 (simply due to my complaints), MSFT: 8/10

Overall: if you didn't get MSFT free, I would get this instead and save yourself the $$$.
OO.org: 8/10, MSFT: 5/10

Since theis is essentially my first review, I'll open the floor to comments on how I could review better and any questions / flames / ect.
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Renegade
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You might have mentioned that there are far more MSO users than OO... hell over here I haven't found a single person that uses OO, and even if I started to use it, I'd need to convert back to MSO for school projects and documents.

That's the only reason I don't use open source progams yet... they might be more useful, but no one else uses them, and compatibility is a bitch.
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Darkstalker
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Dec 23 2006, 01:29 AM
That's the only reason I don't use open source progams yet... they might be more useful, but no one else uses them, and compatibility is a bitch.

Yes.

I've used Open Office before, but I quickly reverted back due to this. :(
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You might have mentioned that there are far more MSO users than OO... hell over here I haven't found a single person that uses OO, and even if I started to use it, I'd need to convert back to MSO for school projects and documents.

You can save in the appropriate formats.
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Draconic-Hybrid
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Thanks guys, forgot to mention that. But yah, I have to do that cause the CC wants to be "mainstream."
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