Hi Everyone,
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 05:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was looking at the downloads that were available on the wamug
site and I and noticed that OpenOffice was there.
As it is a fairly big download at 170 MB, I thought I would ask the
opinion of those who have tried it out to give me some feedback as
to if it is worth getting.
If this is the latest version which was released recently, then I can
tell you that it's not fast, but it is very functional. Much better
than the previous (alpha) release.
The GUI still uses X-windows, so you need to have either Apple's X11
software , or XDarwin/OroborusX installed. I opted for Apple's X11
software.
The setup of printers is a bit strange - you need to define the printer
within Open Office before you can print.
The word processor is functional (including the annoying "office
helper"), the spreadsheet is also operational. It appears to handle
documents created by Word and Excel just fine.
pluses: more features than Appleworks.
minuses: requires a bit more "tech" to get it working, non-Aqua
interface.
Hope this is useful.
Regards,
Paul.
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Paul W. Mulroney
Logical Developments
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 86 Coolgardie Street
www.logicaldevelopments.com.au BENTLEY WA 6102
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