600ZZ4eb Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 Hey guys,Anybody use openoffice? Someone recomended it to me, but figured i should ask around. Any info would be appreciated. ThanksE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I do. Works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okeefe01 Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I use it and love it. I have only run into a couple small compatibiliy issues with Office. I tell anyone that buys a new PC for home, to use Open Office. It is free and not bloated like Office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_silverfox Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 It's good stuff and it's free. Then again I also run Linux which also kicks butt and is free too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alienpi Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I've used Open Office and variants since 2005. If u need to open really new formats there are Microsoft viewers for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent2406 Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I understand that documents created in Microsoft can be opened with Open Office but how about the other way around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorifto240 Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I understand that documents created in Microsoft can be opened with Open Office but how about the other way around?Sort of.I've run into formatting issues when I switch between the two, most of the time it's minor things, but occasionally I've had some major issues with photo layouts, updated graphics, saving files, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Butters Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 openoffice is great...my girl uses it for school and has no problems with it, and ive messed with it some toothe only thing is - their "excel" program is kinda jankey... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jst2fst Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 It's good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I use it on my Linux machines and it seems to work just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 Use it on Linux and Windows 7. Started with Star Office (forerunner of OOo) in 2000.OOo opens Office documents; Office 2010 opens OOo documents.There <may> be incompatibilities/formatting issues in really complex sheets/docs, but for the home user you'll have no problems. If you have a complex enough sheet, you're probably at work, and you probably have to use Office anyway.Free, as in beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 It's alright if you are doing basic things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 openoffice lets you save your files as .doc and .xls (and many others, depending on what you're doing) format, so it should work unless you start getting into fancy stuff within the document... then it might not all show up. if you're doing all that, just cough up the cash for the "real" thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
600ZZ4eb Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 Great! Thanks for the feedback. Ill download it tonight when I get home and check it out. I like free :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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