Michael Adams wrote:
On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:31:11 -0800
Ernie Goble wrote:
My daughter is required, for a college computer class, to purchase MS
Excel with Access. Would the Open Office Suite work just the same as
the MS products? Thank you.
No, OpenOffice.org does not work the same as Microsoft Excel or Access.
It will open and save in both formats but she will not be able to follow
her homework step by step.
First you need to check which version of Office they use at her school,
as Microsoft Office up to 2003 does not work the same as Office 2007.
Then you should probably try to purchase the identical product. Do this
for your daughters sanity.
If you must buy MS Office, you should be able to get an educational
discount through the school.
If this seems unreasonable to you then you should complain to the school
about Vendor Lockin which they may be unwittingly perpetuating:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in
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