Hi,
 yes, there are issues with it not looking the same.

I am "told" that the differences can be fixed by installing more fonts 
etc.

I would also point out that the incompatibilities are no different to 
those experienced on moving between different versions of office.

Derek.
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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Sascha Beaumont wrote:

> One thing I forgot to mention is the consideration of applications.
> 
> I don't mean to be pessimistic but the biggest issue would be with the
> migration of MS Office. An ideal target school would be one who has
> already begun to use Openoffice.org on their windows machines.
> 
> The solution we ended up with at the YMCA was to install Crossover
> Office with MS Office for those few who just couldn't get to grips with
> Openoffice. We also have a Windows terminal server at each location
> running office and a few other applications that are not compatible with
> wine.
> 
> Many teachers will have documents prepared in office that just won't
> render correctly in Openoffice. I spent hours in pain the other day
> after a document would not render correctly in openoffice in .doc
> format, thankfully I had a .sxw backup but no matter what if I saved the
> document as a .doc, closed and reopened it all the image alignment just
> got screwed up. I can deal with it, but for many it would be a
> frustration and cause of rejection for the linux envronment.
> 
> Sascha
> 
> 
> 

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