Mike Reeves wrote: > I was asking if it was a feasible thing to do. Here's a question: > > Would it be worth company resources and time to give OpenOffice a shot? > > --Mike Reeves >
Sure, but make sure you know exactly _what_ you will need to do. Although not nearly as bad as Microsoft's Total Cost of Ownership of "FUD figures", even within the same software you have training when going from one major level to another. That's true with OpenOffice, that's true with any software. The areas that might give you the biggest headaches are if you rely heavily on VBA Macros. Hopefully one of the links I sent along will help with that. One way to see how much you'll need to invest is to take several work documents you created in Powerpoint and Word and try to recreate them as exactly as possible in Impress and Writer respectively. This should also give you an idea on what you need to train on. But yes, it is feasible and flexible, particularly if you don't want one single company dictating terms of sale at the threat of cutting you off from accessing your own data. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
