Star Office and Open Office are almost the same software. S.Office, I believe, has a database package (like MS Access), fonts, and some other tricks that are proprietary software. OO doesn't.
And oh, I THINK that OO does not have translation ability for word perfect files. But that's a dim memory that needs verification. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan H. Lake > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 2:16 PM > To: LUGOD > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Anyone mess with Open Office out there? > > > I'm not certain about the differences between StarOffice and OpenOffice, > but I'm using StarOffice and must frequently use M$ files. I've done so > with success, but must confess that I haven't tried to do "everything". > > One feature that does not "work", but is documented as such is where a > StarOffice file is versioned. That works, but when the file is saved in > Word format, the versioning is lost. > > BTW, I have a subscription to RedCarpet Express for < $10/mo. It gets > me a faster server, support and a free copy of StarOffice. > > Alan > > On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 15:26, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > <snip> > > > On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 11:16, Dick Ely wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Richard S. Crawford wrote: > > > > > > >Anyone out there spend a lot of time with Open Office, who'd > be willing > > > >to help me fix some problems? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > vox-tech mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Lake Information Works > Alan H. Lake > 6999 Dolan Road > Glouster, OH 45732-9003 > Phone: 888-806-4201 > Fax: 309-279-8695 > Cell: 916-276-0913 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Site: www.lakeinfoworks.com > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
