Cor,
Thanks for working on this project. I've been following along as
whatever is produced will help in my efforts as well. Couple notes
after having gone through the previous (very detailed) spreadsheet and
reflecting on my own use of the products.
OO pros: native PDF generation; vector drawing application included;
page styles
OO cons: lack of accounting underline support (probably would not
include this, but it is a nit of mine)
MSO pros: comment/changes format (as a bubble in the margins) only true
for MSO 2003 (or whatever the most recent version is)
The above are just a few I've thought of that I have not yet seen
elsewhere. This is jmo, but I'm not sure I would agree the style
concept is better in OO. This is perhaps true for page styles, but
otherwise I think they are the same. The difference with OO is I think
it is much more overt in its effort to get a user to use styles instead
of directly formatting text.
Again, jmo, but pasting something from a spreadsheet into a text
document works more seamlessly in OO than in MSO. I'll have to work on
how to articulate that.
Jeff Causey
Cor Nouws wrote:
Hi all,
I'm interested in a *short* list with the main functional pro's
and con's of OOo compared to MsO.
I mean items *apart from* open source, integrated program,
OpenDocument, cros platform and related. And also I don't want to
focus on details.
Thus: main functionality that makes OOo better, easier to use. Or the
other way round.
What I know of right away, are the style-concept, Navigator,
data-integration in OOo. And on the MsO-side integrated DRM, PIM.
My target is the business market.
And since many potential business-users still have '97 or 2000, I
think it's good to have this information comparing OOo with MsO '97,
2000 and
MsO later.
Any help appreciated very much.
Thanks,
Cor
