BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Off topic: Open Office Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (Non-Technical) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Jay Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:26 pm    Post subject: Off topic: Open Office I realise that this isn't about BCB, but I thought that people here may have some helpful comments to make. What do people think about Open Office compared to MS Office. Is OO a capable replacement? I currently use Office 97 (just the Word and Excel bits of it) and rather than upgrading, am seriously considering using OO. Back to top Alex Bakaev [TeamB] Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office Jay wrote: Quote: I realise that this isn't about BCB, but I thought that people here may have some helpful comments to make. What do people think about Open Office compared to MS Office. Is OO a capable replacement? I currently use Office 97 (just the Word and Excel bits of it) and rather than upgrading, am seriously considering using OO. I used it and it's fine. The problem areas could be in the compatibility with MS Office documents. Back to top liz Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:26:53 +0100, Jay wrote: Quote: What do people think about Open Office compared to MS Office I like it -- liz Back to top Andrue Cope [TeamB] Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office Jay wrote: Quote: What do people think about Open Office compared to MS Office. Pros:It's free and a quite capable replacement. Cons:Interoperability is poor. My experience of the spreadsheet part of OO is that it isn't very compatible with MSOffice. My own feeling is that you should either switch to OO or stick with MSOffice. Attempting a mixed solution would probably cause a lot of grief. -- Andrue Cope [TeamB] [Bicester, Uk] http://info.borland.com/newsgroups/guide.html Back to top Sebastian Ledesma Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office I have installed on my new machine and it's fine, but at home I should use MS since my family only know MS-Office :-( Saludos Sebastian "Jay" <jay (AT) say (DOT) no.to.spam> escribió en el mensaje news:4326ef52$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: I realise that this isn't about BCB, but I thought that people here may have some helpful comments to make. What do people think about Open Office compared to MS Office. Is OO a capable replacement? I currently use Office 97 (just the Word and Excel bits of it) and rather than upgrading, am seriously considering using OO. Back to top Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office At 17:26:53, 13.09.2005, Jay wrote: Quote: I realise that this isn't about BCB, but I thought that people here may have some helpful comments to make. What do people think about Open Office compared to MS Office. Is OO a capable replacement? For me, it is. But then, I only use Writer, the equivalent of Word. It works very well, and I am extremely pleased with it. -- Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] http://velthuis.homepage.t-online.de "Real Programmers always confuse Christmas and Halloween because Oct31 == Dec25 !" -- Andrew Rutherford Back to top Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office At 17:34:53, 13.09.2005, Alex Bakaev [TeamB] wrote: Quote: I used it and it's fine. The problem areas could be in the compatibility with MS Office documents. Most of the Word documents I loaded were converted very well. Going back to Word may be a little more difficult. -- Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] http://velthuis.homepage.t-online.de "It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man." - Professor Scott Elledge on his retirement from Cornell Back to top Alex Bakaev [TeamB] Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] wrote: Quote: At 17:34:53, 13.09.2005, Alex Bakaev [TeamB] wrote: I used it and it's fine. The problem areas could be in the compatibility with MS Office documents. Most of the Word documents I loaded were converted very well. Going back to Word may be a little more difficult. Agreed. Simple documents (word processing) load and work well. More complicated (with entry fields, for example) and spreadsheets are less compatible. I would say that OO is perfectly fine for many, many uses. ..a Back to top liz Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:18:54 -0700, Alex Bakaev [TeamB] wrote: Quote: Agreed. Simple documents (word processing) load and work well. More complicated (with entry fields, for example) and spreadsheets are less compatible. agreed, and they do convert back nicely (if they're simple) -- liz Back to top Kenneth de Camargo Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office Jay wrote: Quote: What do people think about Open Office compared to MS Office. Is OO a capable replacement? I have been using StarOffice and then OpenOffice for years. Everything I wrote in the last five years at least was written in it, and that means a good deal, including a full-length book. The new version, still in beta, is even better. -- Ken http://planeta.terra.com.br/educacao/kencamargo/ * this is not a sig * Back to top Kenneth de Camargo Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office Andrue Cope [TeamB] wrote: Quote: Pros:It's free and a quite capable replacement. Cons:Interoperability is poor. Even that is being improved in leaps and bounds, it is very good in the v. 2 beta. -- Ken http://planeta.terra.com.br/educacao/kencamargo/ * this is not a sig * Back to top Guest Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office "Jay" <jay (AT) say (DOT) no.to.spam> writes: Quote: What do people think about Open Office compared to MS Office. Is OO a capable replacement? I currently use Office 97 (just the Word and Excel bits of it) and rather than upgrading, am seriously considering using OO. I am using OO and gnumeric. Gnumeric is an excellent Excel replacement. OO crashes less than Word. Of course, nothing comes even close to Tex/Latex + Mupad. However, they are not user-cuddly. -- Seek simplicity and mistrust it. Alfred Whitehead A witty saying proves nothing. Voltaire Back to top Andrue Cope [TeamB] Guest Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:38 am    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office Kenneth de Camargo wrote: Quote: Even that is being improved in leaps and bounds, it is very good in the v. 2 beta. Hmmm. Well I keep checking it out and hoping but last time I checked (Q1 of this year iirc) the spreadsheet still couldn't handle multiple drop down lists and that's what all my spreadsheets rely on. -- Andrue Cope [TeamB] [Bicester, Uk] http://info.borland.com/newsgroups/guide.html Back to top Kenneth de Camargo Guest Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:41 am    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office Andrue Cope [TeamB] wrote: Quote: Hmmm. Well I keep checking it out and hoping but last time I checked (Q1 of this year iirc) the spreadsheet still couldn't handle multiple drop down lists and that's what all my spreadsheets rely on. Have you submitted a feature request? -- Ken http://planeta.terra.com.br/educacao/kencamargo/ * this is not a sig * Back to top Andrue Cope [TeamB] Guest Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:31 am    Post subject: Re: Off topic: Open Office Kenneth de Camargo wrote: Quote: Have you submitted a feature request? No. The spreadsheets are for a game and although they are handy it's never seemed worth the effort of persuing it. I've assumed that either true spreadsheet afficiandos would report it or else drop down lists are so rarely used that no one would bother implementing a fix. -- Andrue Cope [TeamB] [Bicester, Uk] http://info.borland.com/newsgroups/guide.html Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (Non-Technical) All times are GMT Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next Page 1 of 3   Jump to: Select a forum C++ Builder Newsgroups----------------C++ BuilderC++ Builder (ActiveX)C++ Builder (Announcements)C++ Builder (Command Line Tools)C++ Builder DatabasesC++ Builder Databases (ADO)C++ Builder Databases (Desktop)C++ Builder Databases (InterBase Express)C++ Builder Databases (Multi-Tier)C++ Builder Databases (SQL Servers)C++ Builder (Graphics)C++ Builder (IDE)C++ Builder (Internet)C++ Builder (Internet Socket)C++ Builder (Internet Web)C++ Builder (Jobs)C++ Builder (Language)C++ Builder (Language C++)C++ Builder (Compatibility with MFC)C++ Builder (Native API)C++ Builder (Non-Technical)C++ Builder (Students)C++ Builder (Third Party Tools)C++ Builder (Upgrade)C++ Builder (VCL)C++ Builder (VCL Components Usage)C++ Builder (VCL Components Development)C++ Builder (VCL Usage)C++ Builder (WinAPI)C++ Builder Installation Delphi Newsgroups----------------Delphi (General)Delphi ActiveX Controls UsageDelphi ActiveX Controls DevelopmentDelphi As400Delphi DatabasesDelphi Databases (ADO)Delphi Databases (dbExpress)Delphi Databases (Desktop)Delphi Databases (InterBase Express)Delphi Databases (Multi-Tier)Delphi Databases (SQL Servers)Delphi DeploymentDelphi GraphicsDelphi IDEDelphi InternationalizationDelphi InternetDelphi Internet Isapi-WebBrokerDelphi Internet WebSnapDelphi Internet WinsockDelphi JobsDelphi Language BASMDelphi Language ObjectPascalDelphi Model Driven Architecture (General)Delphi Model Driven Architecture (Third Party)Delphi MultimediaDelphi Native APIDelphi Non-TechnicalDelphi ObjectPascalDelphi OLE AutomationDelphi OO designDelphi OpenToolsAPIDelphi Reporting-ChartingDelphi RTLDelphi StudentsDelphi TeamSourceDelphi Thirdparty ToolsDelphi Thirdparty Tools (General)Delphi Thirdparty Tools (IntraWeb)Delphi Thirdparty Tools (RaveReports)Delphi UpgradeDelphi VCLDelphi VCL ComponentsDelphi VCL Components UsingDelphi VCL Components WritingDelphi WebServices SOAPDelphi WinAPIDelphi XMLDelphi Installationcomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.misccomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.usagecomp.lang.pascal.delphi.components.writingcomp.lang.pascal.delphi.databasescomp.lang.pascal.delphi.misccomp.sources.delphi JBuilder Newsgroups----------------JBuilderJBuilder AnnouncementsJBuilder Applet IssuesJBuilder As400JBuilder CompilerJBuilder CORBA/RMIJBuilder DatabasesJBuilder DB SwingJBuilder DebuggerJBuilder DeploymentJBuilder DocumentationJBuilder EnterpriseJBuilder HandheldJBuilder IDEJBuilder JavaJBuilder JavaAPIJBuilder Java LanguageJBuilder Java SwingJBuilder Java BeansJBuilder Java Beans UsageJBuilder Java Beans DevelopmentJBuilder JBCLJBuilder JDataStoreJBuilder JobsJBuilder LinuxJBuilder MacintoshJBuilder & MobileSetJBuilder MultiLingual AppsJBuilder Non-TechnicalJBuilder OpenToolsJBuilder Servlets (JSP)JBuilder StudentsJBuilder Team DevelopmentJBuilder Thirdparty ToolsJBuilder UpgradeJBuilder Installation InterBase Newsgroups----------------InterBaseInterBase Bug DiscussionInterBase GeneralInterBase IBConsoleInterBase OpenSourceInterBase ReplicationInterBase SQLInterBase ThirdpartyInterBase Installation Miscellaneous Borland Newsgroups----------------AppCenterAppServerEnteraVisiBroker  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.