On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 11:32 -0600, Deborah Champlin wrote: > I'm an exasperated Word user, having bought a "loaded" computer > online, only to find @ a critical time that it was "Loaded" with > trials, one of which was my Office 2003. That trial ended right when > I started an 8-week project that needed me to be able to use Office > 2003, and not being willing to pay >$200 for a full version from > retailers, I'm looking for something that I can use instead. > Open Office sounds perfect, but I'm wondering several things. Should > I download the 1.1.4 version, or go for the BETA and help with its' > development? When I choose the version I want to download, then do I > need to uninstall my Office Suite entirely, or what's recommended ? > When I create a document in your equivalent of Word, and send it to my > boss who is dedicated to Word, will she be able to open and read it > easily? > As a consultant in the medical world, I'm going to be creating many > documents, charts, power point presentations, so need these doc's to > interface seamlessly with my boss's software when I share them with > her. Does your OpenOffice have a power point equivalent? I'm just > learning that and need to be able to create presentations as well. > Looking forward to hearing from you soon, because I need to get back > into full swing with my word-processing tasks, and hate to spend money > on Office 2003 if I can help promote your product and have something > superior in the process. Please respond to my business email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The short answer is get 1.1.4 as it is stable whilst the Beta release is nice. Beta releases should never be used for mission critical work unless you REALLY know what you are doing ;-) -- Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
