On 24 Apr 2008 at 20:18, Max Battcher wrote: > Andrew Crystall wrote: > > On 24 Apr 2008 at 8:05, Nick Arnett wrote: > > > >> So... I "upgraded" to Microsoft Office 2007 recently. Can't do half of > >> what > > > > I'd suggest upgrading further to Open Office, it's less of a change > > in UI from Office 2003 and costs less. > > ...and does half as much. OpenOffice.org one of very few applications > that leaves me pining for my Windows system when I'm working in Ubuntu. > It's pretty stupid and sometimes just painful to use. (The next > biggest program that I switch to my Windows system for is Visual > Studio.) There's no way that I could use OpenOffice.org daily. I'd > rather use Vim. In fact, with Vim's inline spell check (new in 7.0) I > have been using it a lot more for basic document writing than either > OO.org or Office.
The only things which are missing from Open Office are a few of the more obscure and advanced functions of Excel (and you can fix sheets up perfectly well with a little research) and functionality which is better situated in products other than your office suite. AndrewC _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
