Comments on: OpenOffice Vs Microsoft Office

By: Dion Lee

Dion Lee — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:39:56 +0000

I’m a student studying biology at college, and we were told about open office when i first started. Like others I first used the trial microsoft office which ran out after a few months, I then switched over to open office which my college had advised me on. Its amazing and free and theres nothing i can’t do on it! 8 months and no problems.

By: ron winder

ron winder — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:20:41 +0000

Thanks for the article.
I am resposible for the website .(rugby Club in UK)
I live in Spain and have to use the ‘cheap’ airlines for visiting UK. restriction on luggage meant I had to buy a new smaller laptop.HP pavilion dm1, no cd and preloaded with Win7
same as you, trial MS office. Most items of news etc are sent to me in word.doc ..I usually transpose to word and edit.
before adding to website. easier than notepad. but can always use if openoffice write not easily edited.

Now looking for a paintshoppro 7 replacement as it is possible I will have to buy the bulked out version that Corel produce which is a shame as psp pro7 is great for my purpose.
Ron Winder

By: Danny Matharu

Danny Matharu — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:53:46 +0000

Cheers Jaimie, great post for me as I’m due to change/upgrade my Office Suite. Now looking at both OO and Thunderbird.

More ‘reviews’ of software like this would be great IMO!

Cheers

By: Charlotte Britton

Charlotte Britton — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:05:41 +0000

I have used open office for over 7 years now. Much of the functionality is the same. The biggest problem I find is that the formatting gets lost if you do a few round trips (client creates document in word, I open it in open office + make amends, and send it back.)

The cost saving it made me when I was running an agency with 6 people meant that we could invest in other interesting IT strategy stuff that created an USP.