So, on a couple of recommendations from friends, I thought I’d give OpenOffice a try. So far I’m very impressed; it’s able to open and correctly display a presentation I did with PowerPoint 2003 complete with animations and sound effects, and it has no problems with the Word or Excel files I’ve thrown at it. User interface still doesn’t seem as user friendly as MS Office, but perhaps that’s something I need to get used to.
I’ll give it a bit more air time before I install it for the other users on the PC; Louise’s needs are fairly basic word processing so she should find it okay, she might not even tell the difference. Euan doesn’t know how to type his name yet so he’ll take whatever he’s given without knowing any better (or worse).
There are four of us in the Wiley family in Watford. There's me Greg, my wife Louise, our son Euan and our daughter Eva. There's also our cat Fundi. You'll find a bit more information on our about us page.
Rutty
March 18th, 2004 at 10:10 am
Plus, it’s FREE!!!!
I wish that more companies would use it, then it would get even develepment. I’ve not used it much myself, but I’ve heard that some people think that it’s even better than MS Office!
Rutty
March 18th, 2004 at 10:10 am
Plus, it's FREE!!!!
I wish that more companies would use it, then it would get even develepment. I've not used it much myself, but I've heard that some people think that it's even better than MS Office!