openoffice?

toll123 SG

Does anyone here tries openoffice?

Is it true that openoffice is a free software?

Is it better than Microsoft office?

dork3d SG

So far so good lah... Comparable to MS Office applications and best of it is that it's free... Mr. Green

Parka SG

It's free and legal, which I think is the biggest draw.

It can do mostly what MSOffice can do, unless you want to use 100% of all the features in MSOffice.

hmsg SG

need to adapt to the different steps.... much like using the different brands of handphone for sms....

overall v2 is much better than OO v1

Gordonator SG

it can open office documents too, like word.

martin_lim85 SG

yup it sortof better. i got the 2 software, and OO is not bad

alwaysdisturbed SG

developers r tryin their best to match it to ms office i guess…

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Yes, it is free. It has most features that MS Office has, although some things work a bit differently. It doesn't take one long to adapt as long as you are familiar with MS Office.

The best thing is, you can open any MS Office files with Open Office. Just remember to associate them correctly.

FireIce SG

wat abt the upcoming office 2007?

ditzy SG

I swear by MS office 2003. Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Nice graphics, more functionalities, but super laggy.

lpx88 SG

yes super sucky.i preferred 2003.what the heck.i mean 2002 for all the speed and simplicity

soccersiao SG

You can open a MS Word document with OpenOffice, but how do you open an OpenOffice's Writer document with MSWord?

Are there some formatting that has do be done or any additional component to install or anything like that?

hmsg SG

u can't open OO doc with MS office..... unless u save the OO doc as compatible to MS Office.....

ndmmxiaomayi SG

You can open OpenOffice documents in Microsoft Office, provided you save them correctly. To open an OO file in word, make sure it is save as .doc. Make sure the option you choose correspond with the version (e.g. Microsoft Office 2000).

Same thing for Powerpoint, Excel, etc