On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 10:34 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is Open Office compatible with MS Student 2006? That is software that > includes tools for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. It requires Office XP, > Office 2003 or Office Student and Teacher edition 2003. Thank you for > your help! > > Lisa Schultz, New Orleans
This very much depends upon what you mean by tools and how you define compatibility. In general terms yes, OOo (OenOffice.org) components are compatible with MS Office (ie. Writer = Word, Calc = Excel and Impress = Powerpoint). However, there are MS propriety and cross platform issues which prevent OOo developers from achieving full compatibility. For example, Excel macros written in MS VBA do not translate directly into Calc macros written in Star Basic. My understanding is that there is some development work being done on this. Obviously, Microsoft has no intention of allowing Calc macros to work in Excel. OOo is an ongoing development, which already incorporates many advanced features, that MS are working towards adding in their next version of Office. Why not download and install OOo, then you can see if it meet your needs. If not, then you can simply uninstall it. OOo and MS Office will happily coexist on the same computer, so no harm done. You might also like to check out some of the many informative links on the OOo website: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html Please reply to [email protected] only. Hope this helps. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
