On Apr 16, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote:
Sigh. Good point, but I hate to get into listing all the things OOo is *not* intended to do that various MS office products do. There was a pretty comprehensive list here a while back of all kinds of possibilities for other MS product substitutions -- there are *lots* of them! Maybe we should just list all the OOo component types and hope they notice that the other stuff isn't there?
Good idea. And, distasteful as it might be, it would be good to show the MS equivalent for each, as well. "Powerpoint," for example, has taken on a widely understood meaning akin to "Kleenex" that "presentation" (or "facial tissue") doesn't convey as reliably. Often, newcomers posting here are looking for/expecting an alternative to Office and don't necessarily understand the distinctions between Office and other commonly used MS apps like Internet Explorer, not to mention the fact (which they may also be unaware of) that Office comes in several versions that have different combinations of apps.
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