Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i go with Jeffery on this one, On 6/30/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > I tried Open Office for all of the reasons you are stating, but it is so > different from MS Office you will find yourself in a foreign land. The $200 > is worth it even though I detest Microsoft for putting Ecco Pro out of > business. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter > Klein > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 8:04 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] OT: OpenOffice Suite > > > Off-Topic Question, but I'm sure I'll get the answer here: > > We're becoming a two-computer household. Per my company's agreement with > MS, we may buy Office 2003 from the "work at home" program for a nominal > fee. But we are only allowed to use it on one computer, or one desktop and > one portable. > > Well, I've now got two desktops. They will be on a simple home network > with Internet access. I really don't relish shelling out another $200 > (employee purchase) for another copy of the Office suite. Since I wish to > be legal here, I'm considering several alternatives: > > 1. Switch to Sun's OpenOffice suite, which is free, and can supposedly > read and write documents in Office's formats. My wife can use the Office > Suite. 2. I have an old licensed copy of Word 97 I could use (but it's > old). 3. Buy a standalone copy of Word upgrade for $110. She uses that, I > use > the Office suite. > > Complications: My wife needs to stick with current MS stuff, as that's > what they use at her job. I don't think she needs anything but the word > processor, and some multi-lingual capabilities provided through the OS > (she's a translator). > > I don't do a lot of document work at home. I mostly write letters, plus > the occasional article, and I mess with the occasional spreadsheet. I'm not > sure I want to get involved with something whose user interface is very > different from the standard MS stuff, since that's what I support at work. > But free is nice, and I don't like The Monopoly and their retail prices. > > Thoughts, anyone? I'm particularly interested in people who used > OpenOffice for themselves when they use MS-Office at work, or collaborate > with people who do. Is this practical? > > --Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad