hsncorrosion Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Is the new MS Office that good? Is it worth the cost? Quote
hsncorrosion Posted February 1, 2007 Author Posted February 1, 2007 WOW are you guys serious! Is that just because ms office cost too much or do you really think open office is better? Quote
Mr Andrewson Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Open office is just like ms office apart from, it's better. And if i wanted to use ms office i'd just download a cracked version... Quote
Sparda Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Well... it's my opinion so... ye OpenOffice is better :D I like it because it doesn't matter what OS I'm using, OpenOffice is always available, that I like. Quote
moonlit Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Just got Office 2007 Beta in the post this morning, so that. I don't use Office software a great deal, I get by without it but since MS gave me a copy of the beta I might as well use it. Quote
hsncorrosion Posted February 1, 2007 Author Posted February 1, 2007 Hmmm.... I see what you mean, the fact that its open source allows it to be used on many systems. Quote
VaKo Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Office 2003/2007 is better than Open Office IMO, but Open Office is a lot cheaper. If you can afford Office 2003/2007, use windows (particularly if your working in a corp. env) and need guaranteed support, go for MS Office. If your just looking for something cheap to do your school work on and don't need support (a forum/wiki does not count as support... I'm talking about SLA's etc), use Open Office. But I really don't understand why it has to be either/or, why can't you just use both? Quote
SomeoneE1se Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Home, use open office it should be fine. But for work it's Office 2007. Quote
revolations2525 Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Maybe it is just me, but I think that they all do about the same thing. If you like all the other add-ons. Then I say go with MS Office or Corel Office. But I don't do that much document make or spreed sheets or what not. But OpenOffice is free and it works for what I need it for. But it is a good poll question :) Quote
moonlit Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Wordpad does most of the things necessary for most documents... Quote
MRGRIM Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 I'd go with Office 2k7 when SP1 for it is released, nothing wrong with 2k3 or OpenOffice go go Lotus Notes Quote
W4RP3D Posted February 1, 2007 Posted February 1, 2007 Ive got 2002, does what i want it to do cant really ask for more than that. just out of interest can you convert open office documents to Ms office?? Quote
CaveMan Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 IMO ms 2007 = best (significantly) open office = 2nd (only just) ms 2003 = 3rd (only slightly worse than oo) Quote
minignaz Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 I have to say 2007, I use it all the time now, I just think it looks good, it seems to be solid and with the PDF exporter (addon) means I can make PDFs on the fly without needing Acrobat. Quote
Deveant Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 hmm atm im using '03, but i think '07 is slighty better, pretty much coz of the UI, also atm im not gonna be going out and buying '07 (:O yes i do buy not warez) but im waiting for it to become more readly used by people i share documents with, ie. work. So that im not in need of saving documents backwards compatible. Though i am happy to pay the current price, ill just wait and hope it gets a little cheaper. oh also i have a copy of openOffice on my U3, and have to say being a MS fan OpenOffice is not for me. Quote
psychokiller Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 i dunno pple are always thinking about buying stuff while they are there for free i can say i never bought a piece of software ever and i always find wt i want :twisted:. -the only thing is the Windows Xp home that came with the laptop and nothin i could do abt it- the rest of things are simply found anywhere. so about buying software and there are others for free doing the job it's done! and u dnt need to buy or pay for it. try out the beta release of office12 and then decide (i actually tried it and really it really funky to use) with the drop shadows things positioning new powerpoint things, it's how u need to get your work done. at the end i use both office 2003 and Open Office for Both Windows and Linux -Open Office tab3an mesh office MS Office 2003- Quote
CaveMan Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 also what about abiword or notepad notepad = project on the go :P Quote
Deveant Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 when do project work, formating is a must (kinda rules out notepad - unless u like to tab alot). Also i pay for what i want to use, Windows has spent millions on making a very user friendly UI, so im really willing to pay if it means im not gonna need to think and wast time. Quote
CaveMan Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 my projects are never pretty, but straigh to the content kinda like essays Quote
minignaz Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 You should try ConText (http://www.context.cx) great for little projects and very lightweight. Quote
Deveant Posted February 2, 2007 Posted February 2, 2007 my projects are never pretty, but straigh to the contentkinda like essays i work with dumbass's *looks over shoulder*, my reports need to have all pretty flo chats tabels, pictures and such, ruffly 1-2 weeks to make the project, 3-5 weeks writing about what i did, how i did it, its output, and its usage :S Quote
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