My problem is I would like to use OOO but as our main software is accountancy based, every add-in we buy in for a spreadsheet won't work with OOO as Excel VBA won't translate in to OOO. This leaves us with the desire to use OOO but practically, we can't until this problem is resolved, otherwise we are left running incompatible spreadsheet systems for accounts\book-keeping, payroll and producing financial statements and tax returns.
The only other option is to rewrite all the accounts software in to OOO, which we could do in time, but meanwhile we have unsatisfactory systems for producing accurate accountancy documents. I have scoured the internet for OOO based addins suitable for our business use without success. I have also spoken to one or two of our specialist software providers who say they won't produce an OOO version as there is no UK market and they would have to rewrite the code. These providers produce Excel based specialist software for calculating tax and payroll etc. Their argument is they sell their products for around �40 and rely on volume sales as margins are low and those volumes just wouldn't justify the time input to rewrite the addins with the size of the UK OOO market. Perhaps there would be a market if the same third party support for Excel add ins was available to OOO - maybe the customers are there but won't move until the same third party software support is available for OOO as MS Office Regards Steve Sims Director Yardleystar Accountancy PO Box 3988, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 6YL Tel: 0870 242 1047 Fax: 0870 460 2085 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.yardleystar.co.uk ==================================== -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Chilco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 March 2005 17:24 To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [users] TOTAL AND UTTER FRUSTRATION WITH OOO Hi Russ, I feel your pain. It took me three or four attempts to finally accept open office as an alternative to MSO. The biggest obstacle was trying to do things the same way that I did in Word and Excel. Once I got past that, I found that in many areas, OOo is better than MSO. My kids (oldest is 12) don't seem to have any trouble. My wife, who's used MSO and Corel suite can't seem to do anything without help. (Must be sure to delete all traces of this mail before she sees it. :-o) The help thing a little tricky. There's a picklist at the top of the left pane that will allow you to choose which module's help file you're looking at. If you use the links in the right panel, you'll stay with that module. 'Find' searches the help for all modules, though. Part of the problem is different terminology from Microsoft's. Setting up some filters in you email client and using a threaded will help you sift through the all the emails coming from this list. tc p.s. I've cc'd you directly in case you've unsubscribed. Russell Kent wrote: > > Hallo Everyone, > > I downloaded Open Office about a month ago. Since then I have spent > very many frustrating hours trying to use it. > > The help files are extremely unhelpful. If I try to follow them, I > get nowhere. There is no distinction in the help file of which aspect > of Open Office the help advice refers to, particularly tables in the > writer programme and not the spreadsheet programme. > > If I contact open office, they tell me to contact the users group, > where I am bombarded with at least one hundred messages a day, none of > them of any use to me. > > Say what you want about Microsoft Office, at least a non-techie can > use it to produce things they want to. > > If Open Office is progress to a point where it is a realistic > alternative, these issues have to be addressed. > > Russ Kent > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.0 - Release Date: 08/03/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.0 - Release Date: 08/03/2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
