Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, OOS is fine and is **largely**compatible with standard word until you start pushing the limits of what can be done with Word - or OOS - then things start to get flaky. My experience of this come from trying to draw (very) complex diagrams in OOS and then open them in Word after a trip acros the net. If you want to do that sort of thing shipping PDFs (there are PDF generators available FREE from the Net) around. Peter Dzwig Peter Klein wrote: > 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 > >