In addition, apart from the new look and feel, I don't believe there are any dramatic differences to functionality in Office 2007.
I actually see that word has finally caught up with writer in the ability to add digital signatures to documents & export to pdf... Also there are some other stupid things like "mark as final" - whats the point of that... 'nuf said .. List of what is new can be found here : http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/getstarted/FX101055081033.aspx If there is a feature that you want to know whether OOo has, have a look here : www.openoffice.org /paul On 1/31/07, Rod Engelsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/29/07, James Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is a lot of hype about Windows Vista and the new M$ Office 2007. I > went to the Perth launch of both a little while ago, and the promotion > continues with Web casts by Bill Gates, and other media publicity. > > Personally, I will be staying with OOo. However, I have been putting OOo > on > the new PC's I sell and offering some free tuition to show the customer > that > OOo not only looks and feels like M$ Office, but is actually better. Now > that Office 2007 is coming bundled with Vista in trial form, I wonder how > I > will get on promoting OOo. > > I would like to hear your comments and thoughts on this matter and I would > also be obliged if anyone can tell me if new features in Office 2007 are > soon to be incorporated into OOo. > > Many thanks, James > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Approximately 95% of the pc's in existence today can't run Vista (or Office '07 assuming it requires Vista), including every computer I personally own. MS has stated that they are continuing support for XP through '09 and security updates for 5 years beyond that. OO's main competition is MSO 97/2000/XP and I doubt if you are going to see a mad dash to upgrade for quite a while. Rod
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