Copy to OP
Sy Fine wrote:
I am a very active user of word and excel and planning to buy a new laptop.
Is it safe to switch to OpenOffice instead of MSOffice?
Will OO permit editing of all my present files?
Thanks,
Sy Fine
I work in a MS environment using Linux. I have had minimal issues since
I have started using OOo. In fact, there are times that my OOo has
saved the butts of those Word users when it refuses to open a document
that was just saved.
I suggest you give it a try before investing any money on Word or Office.
With the recent court case loss, Microsoft has been ordered to stop
selling MS Word which will include Office. Also the court case showed
that there are problems with the MS-OOXML standard which has not been
finalized.
Unless a document needs to be edited by someone else, I send all
documents as pdf files.
Also, my wife, a writer (hobby) edits many other documents that have
been written in various versions of Word.
And, if you want to purchase a Mac or Linux laptop, you can still get
OOo for those that is totally compatible with the Windows version. Even
the Mac version of Office is not totally compatible with the Windows
version.
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Robin Laing
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