I still highly recommend Open Office...
"Thomas w. Cranston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul wrote:
> +1
>
> In fact today had a prime example of why OOo is my choice. I was
> simply trying to compare two MS word documents to highlight the
> changes between them (have to predominately use MSWord in the office).
> Tried it in MS word, and the stupid thing told me that :
> "compare documents encountered one or more fields with content longer
> than 750 characters. Word could not track changes for these fields".
>
> The end result that it, apparently, could not highlight any changes
> what so ever...
>
> Fired up portable OOo, 30 seconds later, all changes between the
> documents were nicely highlighted for easy reading...
>
> Now where do I post that MS word bug.....
>
> /paul
>
> On 10/26/06, RBL wrote:
>> I am a professional writer, and demand the best team-oriented writing
>> and editing tools. I switched to OpenOffice last year, and have not
>> looked back.
>>
>> Writer is every bit as capable as MSFT Word, and it plays perfectly in
>> an all MSFT shop. The ODT files are a fraction of the size of DOC files.
>> Text, when cut+pasted into a blog post or other online target, doesn't
>> contain all kinds of proprietary garbage that MSFT Word always tacks on.
>>
>> I also find many things are simply easier to do in OpenOffice. Calc is
>> tighter and faster. Configuring apps is easier. Apps load and run
>> faster. There's little non-functional eye candy. And overall, I find
>> there's minimal bloat.
>>
>> MSFT Office does have some advantages, but they're outweighed by
>> OpenOffice's advantages. And I have never lost data using OpenOffice.
>> Then again, I have auto-backups turned on, and I hit Ctrl+S every few
>> seconds.
>>
>> Lastly, show me where I can report MSFT Office bugs, or get free online
>> support 24x7?
>>
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Are you happy w/how fast it starts up. How about how fast you can open a
document. If so, what OS are you running it on. What kind of tweaks? How
much RAM are you using?
I would like to be able to speed up OO. I really hate having to wait on
it to start, load, etc.
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