2010/1/17 <jim_mille...@sbcglobal.net>: > I know nothing about Open Office. Is it really free? Does it compare to MS > Office. Can they both be run on the same computer? Will it run on Windows 7? > Anything else you can share will be helpful. Thanks, Jim
Yes, yes, yes and so on. Well, it's free. Just download it (from http://www.openoffice.org/), install it and see for yourself. It's free as in ”gratis” and it's free as in ”freedom of speech”. You can install it on how many computers as you like. In fact, the more the better. You can contribute with code (the source code is available, of course), ideas and bug reports if you like. In fact quite a few of my bug reports through the years has resulted in changes, so it seems like the developers are at least listening a little bit. Just remember that OpenOffice.org is NOT MS Office and doesn't want to be (why would it? MS Office already exists…), so some things are done differently. OpenOffice.org is more Style oriented, so learning how to manage styles will pay off and save you quite a lot of time in the future, if you use it properly. You don't have to use styles, but it makes things easier once you learned working the OpenOffice.org way with styles… Regards Johnny Rosenberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
