On 2005-10-25, Bryce Schober <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 10/25/05, Gene & Mary LeDuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Chad Smith wrote:
>> > On 10/24/05, David Teague(T-bird acct) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> >>(I assure you that OO.o is missing ONLY a grammar checker, and that is
>> >>being worked on)
>> >
>> > And an email client, and a Desktop Publisher, and templates, and macros, 
>> > and
>> > clipart....

> What I would like are collaboration features like shared spreadsheets
> and workspaces and the like.

I think the bottom line is that if OOo doesn't meet your requirements, you 
are free to find other software that does, and you needn't have spent a 
small fortune just to try it. OOo provides all that I need, and then some. 
I use it for all my written work in my Master's program, which need to be 
submitted in MS-Office format (.doc, .xls, .ppt) and have not had any 
problems so far (going on two years -- almost done!).

I think OOo is a great product. The lack on "integrated email" doesn't 
bother me. "File...Send...Document as email" brings up a Thunderbird 
Compose window with my document as an attachment. Templates? I'm not a big 
template user, but I have one for APA format that works well. Macros? OOo 
can do macros, but (AFAIK) doesn't process MS-Office macros. Givn the 
security concerns with MS-Office macros, I don't count that as a problem. 
Clipart? There's plenty of clipart out there on the web; not having it 
bundled with OOo shouldn't be an issue, especially since OOo is already a 
sizable download.   

-- 

John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])


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