I haven't had any problems reading Excel spreadsheets with OpenOffice
Calc. And since it's FREEWARE, it didn't cost anything (other than a few
minutes time) to give it a try.
I learned to loathe PowerPoint while I was still in the military, but
according to the documentation, the Impress component will handle
PowerPoint files ... and Microsoft may still offer the free PowerPoint
viewer if you just need to see them, and not edit them.
Apple iWorks don't run on a "Pea Sea" so it's moot.
From: PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I need MS office. I get Excel spreadsheets and Powerpoint
presentations from clients and colleagues, and I have to be able to
see them. All of them. I tried a demo version of Apple iWorks for a
while, but it couldn't realistically deal with all MS Office files.
And some word.doc files created in iWork couldn't be opened by some PC-
based clients. On this one, I'd say, "Nice try Apple, but no cigar." I
have no love for Microsoft, but I don't let personal feelings get in
the way of good business practices.
Paul
On Oct 24, 2008, at 8:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> On Oct 24, 2008, at 4:58 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
>
>> I've downloaded Open Office from OpenOffice.org as an alternative
>> to Microsoft Office.
<SNIP>
>
> I don't need MS Office either.
>
> The $80 spent on Apple's iWork package is worth it for the Keynote
> presentation software alone. *Nothing* else does as good a job for
> presentations, not that I've found. It's the best way I've found to
> show photographs to a group, never mind it's capabilities for doing
> presentations. The same could be said for any one of the three
> applications.
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