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Thread #124771   Message #2757727
Posted By: Penny S.
02-Nov-09 - 03:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: OpenOffice - Anyone Use It?
Subject: RE: BS: OpenOffice - Anyone Use It?
I use it all the time - but it won't open really old Works or Word docs. I have to convert those on a machine which will. But that's an MS problem as the recent versions of those won't do it, either.

The Powerpoint clone isn't so good except on very basic files, if what you want to do is produce a presentation and then show it on an MS machine. Or view an MS type file. Lots of bells and whistles won't cross over.

The spreadsheet is OK on basic stuff from or to Excel - haven't tried the fancy stuff, though.

Penny