OpenOffice vs. MS Office 2003 - Page 2

Sean_W · 07-15-10, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zelda_fan

I tried to use open office once. Uninstall-ed it about 5 minutes later.

That doesn't surprise me in the slightest but if people want to pay for MS Office to write letters then fine. Go waste your money.

Drolfrawd · 07-15-10, 02:32 PM

I think on balance MS Office is a better App, if you own a business and are able to use the huge range of features it has to offer. 99% of people dont even know how to use 30% of it.

On the other hand, if like Sean you dont want to through money away to the bespeckled Gates
then Open office is a winner for the rest of us.

Sean_W · 07-15-10, 02:38 PM

MS Office is good, I'm just saying if you don't need to rely on it for a full business, then it's just a waste of money.

If you just want to write letters, a C.V or stuff like that, OpenOffice is for you. I couldn't tell you what it's like for mission critical business work. My C.V was done professionally in MS Office by people and renders just fine in OpenOffice.

ViN86 · 07-15-10, 02:40 PM

To be honest, I only use Office for Powerpoint and sometimes for calculations in Excel.

I use LaTeX for all my papers. It's much better looking and the formatting is much easier.

Bman212121 · 07-15-10, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean_W

MS Office is good, I'm just saying if you don't need to rely on it for a full business, then it's just a waste of money.

If you just want to write letters, a C.V or stuff like that, ~~OpenOffice~~ wordpad is for you. I couldn't tell you what it's like for mission critical business work. My C.V was done professionally in MS Office by people and renders just fine in OpenOffice.

I've tried Open Office a few times and it just has never worked well. It is painfully slow to load compared to word and it has issues converting documents back and forth. It would be okay if you only used their proprietary files, but if you use MS files with Open Office it can screw up the formatting.

Sean_W · 07-15-10, 05:12 PM

Wordpad, lol. OpenOffice 3.2 cold starts in about 3-4 seconds here. Microsoft's own format is closed, ODF is actually an open format.

ragejg · 07-15-10, 05:49 PM

Office 2000 FTW

Drolfrawd · 07-15-10, 05:53 PM

^ lols are rage

six_storm · 07-16-10, 07:38 AM

If MS did one thing right, it was Office.

magan123 · 08-17-10, 06:06 AM

these days ms office is user friendly i wl prefer for ms office

Greg · 08-20-10, 06:30 PM

I used OpenOffice v2-3 for over 2 years quite successfully. During that time I frequently exchanged MS Word documents with friends or work, that is to say I loaded, edited and saved .doc files, often with change tracking enabled. The experience was good but not great. I currently have MS Word 2003 and 2010 licenses for kids education and work and I'd have to admit the MS offering is superior. I still keep OO installed as it has better compatibility with very old Word and PowerPoint docs than MS does. I would definitely recommend OO for people who want to save money and use legitimate software.

hemmy · 08-20-10, 08:38 PM

Do you guys hate office '07/'10 ? Both blow '03 out of the water, especially '10. I would probably shoot myself if forced to use '03 all the time.

07-15-10, 02:32 PM	#14
Drolfrawd Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,787	Re: OpenOffice vs. MS Office 2003 I think on balance MS Office is a better App, if you own a business and are able to use the huge range of features it has to offer. 99% of people dont even know how to use 30% of it. On the other hand, if like Sean you dont want to through money away to the bespeckled Gates then Open office is a winner for the rest of us.

07-15-10, 02:38 PM	#15
Sean_W Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,438	Re: OpenOffice vs. MS Office 2003 MS Office is good, I'm just saying if you don't need to rely on it for a full business, then it's just a waste of money. If you just want to write letters, a C.V or stuff like that, OpenOffice is for you. I couldn't tell you what it's like for mission critical business work. My C.V was done professionally in MS Office by people and renders just fine in OpenOffice.

07-15-10, 02:40 PM	#16
ViN86 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,486	Re: OpenOffice vs. MS Office 2003 To be honest, I only use Office for Powerpoint and sometimes for calculations in Excel. I use LaTeX for all my papers. It's much better looking and the formatting is much easier.

07-15-10, 05:12 PM	#18
Sean_W Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,438	Re: OpenOffice vs. MS Office 2003 Wordpad, lol. OpenOffice 3.2 cold starts in about 3-4 seconds here. Microsoft's own format is closed, ODF is actually an open format.

07-15-10, 05:49 PM	#19
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07-15-10, 05:53 PM	#20
Drolfrawd Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,787	Re: OpenOffice vs. MS Office 2003 ^ lols are rage

07-16-10, 07:38 AM	#21
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08-20-10, 06:30 PM	#23
Greg Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,177	Re: OpenOffice vs. MS Office 2003 I used OpenOffice v2-3 for over 2 years quite successfully. During that time I frequently exchanged MS Word documents with friends or work, that is to say I loaded, edited and saved .doc files, often with change tracking enabled. The experience was good but not great. I currently have MS Word 2003 and 2010 licenses for kids education and work and I'd have to admit the MS offering is superior. I still keep OO installed as it has better compatibility with very old Word and PowerPoint docs than MS does. I would definitely recommend OO for people who want to save money and use legitimate software.

08-20-10, 08:38 PM	#24
hemmy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 760	Re: OpenOffice vs. MS Office 2003 Do you guys hate office '07/'10 ? Both blow '03 out of the water, especially '10. I would probably shoot myself if forced to use '03 all the time. __________________ P6T Deluxe V2 \|\|\| Core i7 920 D0 4.0Ghz\|\|\| 3x2Gb DDR3-1800 \|\|\| 2x EVGA GTX 260 SLI \|\|\| Corsair HX850w \|\|\| 2x640gb HD