On Thursday 26 October 2006 12:13 am, Thomas w. Cranston 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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?
As a matter of fact I am very happy. Of course I use a multi-taking operating system.. oh most likely you do to.. the simple question is.. why do you shut it down, start it and just minimize it. If the memory is needed by another program it will be simply swaped out.. then when its needed it is swapped in (fast). The only time OO gets shut down here is when there is a upgrade.. Of course linux is also not a crash-a-matic operating system.. so I don't need to restart it. BTW my machine is.. 1.8mhz athalon, with 512 meg of ram. The same machine I have been using for the last 4 years. ubuntu 6.06.. BTW havn't had a windows box for 5 years.. and never will.. When I read the EULA that came with win 2000 sp4 I stopped didn't install sp4 stayed with sp3 for about 2 years while I found an alterantive operating system.. BTW "I own my data".. Fred > > I would like to be able to speed up OO. I really hate having to wait on > it to start, load, etc. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
