From: "Dave Caudle"
Subject: [users] OpenOffice issues with MS Office on same machine
Is anyone aware of any major issues or drawbacks with using OpenOffice on a
computer that already has >a version of MS Office running? MS Office 2003
to be precise with Word, Excel and Outlook.
I'd like to take a look at some of the other parts of OpenOffice - Impress
and Draw in particular - for >which I don't have a comparable MS Office
component installed.
Thank you.
Dave Caudle
I need to have MS Office 2003/Pro on my laptop for some of the
people I deal with, since they will not switch to OOo. I also
have OOo 2.4 installed on the same laptop.
There are not real issues with having both on the same
computer. The only problem I have found is when you
have the MS update run on the computer, if it involved
with Office, then it may try to change the file assignments.
I have .doc and such defaulted to OpenOffice.org, but after
the MS updates, the software tries to switch it back. I have
WinPatrol (Scotty dog icon) on my laptop so it warns me of the
wanted change, and I "refuse" the changes. That works well
as to stop the problem.
SO
having Office 2003 Pro and OpenOffice.org on the same computer.
Works well. I use OOo 96% to 99% of the time.
The only thing I see is MS Office 2003 takes a lot of drive space
on a 80 gig laptop drive. Oh Well. . . . .
long winded . . . . . .but true-ish?
TL in New York, USA
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