On 10/25/08, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course, there's no reason for you to switch if you've already *paid* for > MS Office! ...until you start getting people sending you files in the *new* > MS Office formats (Office 2007). Then you'll be faced with the choice of > either trying Open Office for free or paying for Office 2007 and suffering > its awful user interface.
One of the big gripes coming from Office users about OpenOffice is the need to learn a new interface. It certainly sounds like now is a really good time to switch if you haven't already paid for Office 2007. I haven't used an office suite of any sort for several years. Since Google introduced Docs, I haven't used a local word processor at all. Though, I do keep Abiword installed just in case. Gedit and vi see some use for editing plain text files. Just after OpenOffice became available I used it to create a "power point" presentation. It was nearly unusable. The resulting files were so large that it just wouldn't work on my hardware. However, it did just fine opening existing Power Point presentations. I hear it's gotten better. -- Scott Loveless New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
