I use OpenOffice cause I can't afford MS Office. It works, but I get frustrated with it more than with Word. Probably cause I'm more used to the shortcuts in Word and they don't always work in OpenOffice.
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
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SuziQ - Nov 08, 2006 7:47:48 am PST #9441 of 10003
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Gudanov - Nov 08, 2006 7:52:11 am PST #9442 of 10003
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It works pretty well for me, but I didn't like it until version 2.0. I'd recommend having Java 1.5 installed first (maybe this is only an issue with Linux though and the craptasic faux java that is installed by default in many versions of Linux). However, this is on Linux not on Windows.
Abiword is another option for word processing that is lighter weight. The interface might look a little funky on Windows though.
P.M. Marc - Nov 08, 2006 7:53:39 am PST #9443 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Really slow and bloaty though - it takes a lot to be more bloatware than MS Office, but open office manages it.
Heh. The version I'm running (the most recent) doesn't. That's one of the reasons I run it, frankly. It's much faster and less prone to eating my resources, and as I'm only using it for WP, it gives me all I need.
Typo Boy - Nov 08, 2006 8:20:06 am PST #9444 of 10003
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Interesting. I have the latest too, and it is much slower than Word 97. I wonder what I'm doing wrong with open office.
P.M. Marc - Nov 08, 2006 8:43:29 am PST #9445 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Interesting. I have the latest too, and it is much slower than Word 97. I wonder what I'm doing wrong with open office.
AH!
See, I haven't used Word 97 in... a really long time. So I'm comparing it to later versions of Word.
tommyrot - Nov 08, 2006 8:45:28 am PST #9446 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
See, I haven't used Word 97 in... a really long time. So I'm comparing it to later versions of Word.
Huh. I still use Word 97 on my work PC.
Up until recently we still did a lot of development on Access 97, some of which had to use VBA to control Word.
P.M. Marc - Nov 08, 2006 9:03:00 am PST #9447 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Huh. I still use Word 97 on my work PC.
I haven't used '97 since Word 2000 came out.
I still use 2000 on one of my home machines, and Word XP on another.
DXMachina - Nov 08, 2006 9:07:10 am PST #9448 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I still use Office 97. I've never liked 2000, especially the abominations it laughingly refers to as "help" files.
tommyrot - Nov 08, 2006 11:13:35 am PST #9449 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Does Earthlink require you to use their software to connect via dialup?
Ginger - Nov 08, 2006 11:37:10 am PST #9450 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
No. I've never installed it, and I've been with Earthlink for roughly forever. They keep offering new versions; I keep sneering.