Web Kracked wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> Web Kracked wrote: >>> Hello Wes Sir; >>> >>> As a person that is/was required to have MS Office to do his client >>> work, I can safely say that over 99% of the things that I had to do >>> using MS Office, I now do with OpenOffice.org. I currently use version >>> 3.0.1, but I have used it for many years. I was using 1.x till 2.x >>> came >>> out and then upgraded to 3.0.0 this past October. >>> >>> The one "funny" thing I have found is that OOo 3.x.x reads the .docx >>> format better than MS Word 2003 with the MS file format compatibility >>> pack add on. I encourage everyone to not use the .docx format and >>> stick >>> with the more standardize .doc format. That said, I encourage everyone >>> I deal with to not Use MS Office and switch to the FREE alternatives >>> that >>> is OpenOffice.org. >> >> I wonder how well MS Office, with Sun ODF plugin, compares with how well >> OpenOffice works with ODF files? Also, there are many other apps that >> support ODF, particularly in the Linux/Unix world. >> > > I have tired the ODF plugin for MS Office, but it is not that good. > Compared to using OOo, or MS with the ODF plugin, I choose OOo > everytime. > > If you only have MS Office and need to use ODF, then it is "ok", but > not a great solution. Does not work well, but it is better than > nothing. >
That's what I expected. Like you, I use OpenOffice, including at work. However, my work computer also has Office XP and I installed the Sun ODF plugin, so that should there ever be a need for me to use MS Office, some ODF support is there. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
