the 'student' version of ms office is lacking in many options used in the business world (professional edition). i have used both student and professional and OO, and OO is perfectly fine for my needs, and it is free and supported by a world-wide community = smart business for all of us!
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote: > On 9/19/2011 4:06 PM, tonya.wal...@yahoo.com wrote: > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > ------------------------------ > *From: * jonas karlsson <jonask...@hotmail.com> <jonask...@hotmail.com> > *Date: *Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:57:37 +0200 > *To: *<users@openoffice.org> <users@openoffice.org> > *ReplyTo: * users@openoffice.org > *Subject: *[users] Hello! > > Hi, I have some difficulties choosing between Open Office and MS Office. > Im a student so my first thought was to get Open Office instead of MS > because its free, but what I want to get help > with is why should I get Open Office, what does OOo have that suits student > better than what MS have. > > Sorry if the text is sloppy, english ain't my native language. > > Regards > Jonas > > The main thing OO/LO have is that they're free. However, I recently heard > of a college student purchasing MS Office > at a college discount for some ridiculous price, like $7.50, so if you can > get it for something like that, I would think you should. > > --doug > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@openoffice.org with Subject: help
