I'm trying to decide on a word processing and office suite for my new system build and I'm debating between OpenOffice and actually spending money on Microsoft Office. Which way would you recommend? I've been using Office 2003 for ages now and I've become very used to it but I hear very good things about OpenOffice. Could someone give me their take on this? Also, what office suite programs do you use?
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OpenOffice or Microsoft Office?
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What are your office needs?
If you are a professional or have your own business, you should use MS Office so you can play nice with others. If you're a student, you can probably get away with OpenOffice.
I use both, but ultimately I have to have MS Office. I'd love to see the ODF format take off, but it hasn't yet.
If you are a professional or have your own business, you should use MS Office so you can play nice with others. If you're a student, you can probably get away with OpenOffice.
I use both, but ultimately I have to have MS Office. I'd love to see the ODF format take off, but it hasn't yet.
Yeah, I use office suite software for school work mostly. I only really utilize the basic functions of MS Word and Excel and I rarely ever use Powerpoint these days. I have Office 2003 installed on my laptop but I don't have the installation discs to install on my new desktop.
Schadenfroh
Elite Member
Are you a student? If so, check out the MSDNAA Page. Through my university, I am able to get many Microsoft programs for free or almost free, it could be the case at yours.
If you are not eligible for the MSDNAA program at your university (or the program does not offer Office), checkout Microsoft's Office 2007 Ultimate for $60 for students offer.
Are you employed? Check with Microsoft or your employer about the Microsoft WAH (work at home) / home use program. A relative of mine was able to get Office 2007 (Enterprise) for about $20 through it.
If you are not eligible for the MSDNAA program at your university (or the program does not offer Office), checkout Microsoft's Office 2007 Ultimate for $60 for students offer.
Are you employed? Check with Microsoft or your employer about the Microsoft WAH (work at home) / home use program. A relative of mine was able to get Office 2007 (Enterprise) for about $20 through it.
You can easily add this functionality to office with the freeware, open source, PDFCreator.
I use OpenOffice and highly suggest it. I've never had any formatting issues with Writer/Word files but I don't do any fancy formatting, just heading styles and text styles really. I have had formatting issues between Calc/Excel in regards to borders, but they were very minor.
If you want to share your document with others, you should export to a pdf anyway, unless they have a need to edit the document.
If you want to share your document with others, you should export to a pdf anyway, unless they have a need to edit the document.
tatteredpotato
Diamond Member
Personally I don't care much for OO. It's a great product if you don't want to spend the money, but Office 2007 is a great innovation. Also I am a student, so price isn't nearly as big of an obstacle to overcome.
BladeVenom
Lifer
There's also Star Office and IBM Lotus Symphony. Star Office can be gotten for free with Google Pack, and Symphony is now free from IBM.
nerp
Diamond Member
I can't live without Word / Outlook. Office 07 is tight. It's worth it. And a lot of people don't realize that a Professional license entitles you to 2 installed machines. Hello desktop / laptop! 😀 Many people can get by with student/teacher edition, too, as well as more machines in the license.
I'm using both OOo and MS Office because my laptop's HDD died and I don't have my Office CD to reinstall with me at Duke. OOo takes some getting used to, but I haven't had any major problems with it. That being said, I still prefer Office 2003, but mostly because I'm used to it.
secretanchitman
Diamond Member
i thought that if you're a college student, you can get office 2007 ultimate for under 60 bucks or something.........there was some website i saw.
SinfulWeeper
Diamond Member
Heh, he is not even in the top 100 of the worlds richest people.
Schadenfroh
Elite Member
SinfulWeeper posted the number using the little-endian method. Common to Intel x86 architecture fans.
SinfulWeeper
Diamond Member
No, he is the richest in the USA. There are many more throughout the world vastly richer. Oil 'sheiks' in in Saudi, or other nearby counties can buy Bill Gates wealth and Microsoft at least 50 times over and still ask for seconds.
AOL/Time Warner, while not entirely USA based is bigger then microsoft. Sony, BMG or other record companies. Do not be fooled, not every person/company publishes their worth. But rest assured, everyone needs petro, not everyone needs microsoft.
AOL/Time Warner, while not entirely USA based is bigger then microsoft. Sony, BMG or other record companies. Do not be fooled, not every person/company publishes their worth. But rest assured, everyone needs petro, not everyone needs microsoft.
HardWarrior
Diamond Member
The Ultimate steal
Just got it installed last night. It's worth every penny, for Vista integration if nothing else.
Best $59 I've ever spent! :Q
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