Hi Joanne, Welcome to the group! This is our central mail list; subscribers number in the thousands, but we are all friendly and supportive.
:-) >I am new to open office and was wondering if this was the right group >to join. I have used MS office for years now but as I could never >really afford it at home I was using a copy. This caused problems when >reinstalling so decided to boycot it and go for open office which I >heard a lot about. I just found out there is even a new version coming >out soon and am looking forward to using this program. Hopefully it is >not too different to msoffice so I get the hang of it quickly. OOo 2.0, due out later this spring, is a lot like MS Office for regular users. It also includes some nifty elements which MS Office, alas, lacks. But for creating a text document, or spreadsheet, or presentation, you should find it easy and intuitive. The key advantages, in my mind: * Stable * Fast * Standard user interface * Compatible with Microsoft Office file formats * Export to PDF, Shockwave Flash * Modern file format > You can read more here: <http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html> >regards, >Joanne > > > Best Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
