Hello all, I've been interested in Open Office for some time now. But I'm used to M$ office. Since Open Office 2 I have decided to give it a place on my HD. Partly because I like the improved GUI. I hated the old dos style toolbar icons. Most of the differences I'm sure I will just learn as I go along. 1. Approximately how compatible are Word <-> OpenOffice docs? I notice that not all formatting translates correctly. I know these are only superficial but it's fairly important as a lot of swapping from OO.o to M$ Office is going to happen. 2. Layouts in Writer. I use M$ Word mostly as a basic DP prog. So I do a lot of complex layout like a text box here some text flowing round it then a text box with 2 columns etc. How is this kind of layout done in OO.o. Does it all have to be done with tables like a website? 3. Slight criticism over Impress. Powerpoint is a fairly easy to get to grips with package I've found. I made my first simple slideshow within about an hour and got stuck on virtually nothing the first time I ever used it. I tried to make a similar slideshow in Impress and got stuck on the first thing making a gradient backdrop using colors that I choose. First it wasn't straightforward to even find how to set backdrops. When I found it there were only preset gradients. I'm aware that you can make your own but would it not be better to be able to choose a preset gradient and then have a choice over what colours go into that gradient within the same window? That would seem more intuitive to me. But all in all I like the look feel and power of Open Office and hope to be using it for some time to come. Anything that competes and wipes the floor with M$ gets points in my book. I wish to see some sort of calendar app for OO.o on par with Outlook. I hate Outlook as a mailer but quite like it as a notebook, addressbook and calender. I have as yet never found a program that I like as much for these components. So I can't fully get rid of M$ office until I find a replacement for that.
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