[NTLUG:Discuss] office applications

[Bug Hunter]

  Open Office is MUCH improved.  No problems so far moving between Word 
and Excel and the Open Office applications.

  Also, they are rock solid.  No crashes so far.  I now prefer them to the 
windows product for fundamental uses-- writing documents, minor spread 
sheets, etc.


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On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Fred James wrote:

> I may be inviting a religious war, but that is not my intent.
> I am looking for experiences and opinions, good, bad, and indifferent, 
> on "office applications" for Linux.
> 
> Easy of use and user understanding?
> Compatibility issues with MS, Lotus, and/or other office applications?
> Integration between components of the suite (if it is a suite)?
> Anything that comes to mind?
> 
> I have had personal experience with StarOffice 5.1, 5.2, and 6.0 - of 
> which 5.2 seems to me to be their best so far.
> I am reading about OpenOffice right now - a spin off of StarOffice, it 
> seems?
> 
> Personal opinion:  Bells and whistles are nice, but fundamentals have 
> got to be sound.
> Example: StarOffice 6.0 broke the copy/paste between other applications 
> and itself, and has some serious printer set up problems (at least on 
> Red Hat 7.2)
> 
> Thank you in advance for anything you feel you can share on the subject.
> 
>