Quite the opposite to Chris, we have found very few issues while converting to OpenOffice.org. Most of the issues we did have were due to a conversion from WordPerfect/Lotus to MS Office prior to conversion to OO.o. Only the most complex of docs/spreadsheets will be likely to show any problems, and most of those (dare I say) probably should never have been docs/spreadsheets in the first place.
-Lee On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 14:19, Chris Bullock wrote: > Very Hard, we have tried to implement OpenOffice instead of MSOffice and > have not gotten anything but opposition. If you get a lot of heavly > formatted MSOffice docs/spreadsheets you will loose a lot of data and > possibly not be able to open them at all. Going from Windows to Linux > on the desktop depends on the apps you desire to run, if all you do is > doc process and email.Internet it should be easy if you require other > apps watch out. > --chris > > Christopher L Merrill wrote: > > > Today my BIL asked me "How hard would it be to get linux running > > on our desktop to replace Win98 and MSOffice." > > > > I have no problem sending a 'techie' to the right resources to get > > started...but he is not a 'techie'. Stricly an end-user type. > > I told him he needs to get a good book to explain the key differences > > between the OSes and what to expect. I was thinking 'book' because > > a website will not help him when he gets stuck halfway through the > > configuration process :> > > > > What 'Idiot's Guide to Linux' books do y'all recommend? > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
