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 Jan 30 2006, 12:36 AM
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Super Member  Group: Members Posts: 282 Joined: 30-May 05 From: Bangalore Member No.: 7,686  |
I primarily use a linux OS, so I end up using more of Open Office than I used to when I was on Windows. OO is not the only Office suite alternative to MS word, however. There is Abi Word, which is pretty cool, and there is the K-suite of office tools. KWord, KPresent, KSpread, etc etc. They integrate well into the KDE environment. Another good word processor which I used for a long time was called Atlantis.
While I don't know of the K-suite, I am sure Abi word and Atlantis have versions for windows, because I installed them on the college computers some time back. Sorry I don't have the download urls here, I'm too lazy to search and I don't remember. Just google it if you want them 
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Jan 31 2006, 07:13 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 195 Joined: 18-November 05 Member No.: 14,521 |
oh!! yeah at last! i wont have to pay to billy any more!...it is great these guys from Sun decided to begin a project such like this hehe....i'm downloading it right now
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Feb 1 2006, 01:04 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 282 Joined: 30-May 05 From: Bangalore Member No.: 7,686 |
QUOTE(spy_charly @ Jan 31 2006, 12:43 PM) oh!! yeah at last! i wont have to pay to billy any more!...it is great these guys from Sun decided to begin a project such like this hehe....i'm downloading it right now  Have fun, charly
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Feb 1 2006, 01:26 AM
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-=Hybrid Bus=- Group: Members Posts: 742 Joined: 2-November 05 From: My hybrid bus (in NYC), a computer Member No.: 13,709  |
I find OpenOffice very similar to MS Office. The toolbars and keyboard shortcuts are pretty much the same. It's also better because A) it's free!!!
 it can make PDFs C) it's cross platform D) it's not from Microsoft (it doesn't have product activation and all sorts of other M$ things in it)
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Feb 1 2006, 01:31 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 12-September 05 Member No.: 11,787 |
Actually, StarOffice was originally designed by Sun Microsystems for widespread use through out the United States and many western nations (The name StarSuite is the name given to the product in Asia). StarOffice is still extremely popular, with 61 million downloads. It was so popular, that they descided to give the source code to the open source community, and OpenOffice was born. Sun Microsystems is still very much invovled in the development of OpenOffice, but it still remains free.
Anyway, I do use OpenOffice every day. I even got it made the primary office suite used in our school. I can't see where the next version will take us. |
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Feb 1 2006, 03:44 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 372 Joined: 14-October 04 Member No.: 1,736 |
I WISH I could get my school to use OpenOffice, instead of Microsoft Office. Believe me, the people at my school wouldn't know any good program. I (and my friends) cannot convince anyone to use open source software. I'd really like to have OpenOffice as the main office suite at my school (or at least for some classes of mine..).
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Feb 1 2006, 04:45 AM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 4-March 05 Member No.: 4,151 |
Abiword came with my linux distro(damnsmalllinux), but I decided to download OOo, and was really impressed... It had a lot of great features and was a good alternative... I haven't spent as much time with it yet, so I'm not exactly sure how everything works, but it looks really good so far.
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Mar 12 2006, 08:56 PM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 9-March 06 Member No.: 19,785 |
QUOTE(snipehw19 @ Jan 27 2006, 05:00 AM) Did u people Heard of Open Office..... I've heard of it On G4Tech Tv ( Call For Help) show with Leo LaPorte..... Ne-ways ..... i took a look at it its almost the same thing has that office 2003 just few Layouts differences..... Otherwise you can get this program for free ..... I think it was made for Linux first and then they made it for Xp and etc...... and also i have a lilttle tip so if you want to buy that Office less expensive....  If u have a student in the house ..... whoever .... get the Student edition of Microsoft u get to pay lot less money on it  great tips to save lots of money...OpenOffice is sweet man. I use it under linux all the time. Its almost the same as microsoft office, plus openoffice is free. |
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Apr 21 2006, 10:17 PM
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Joshua Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 605 Joined: 23-June 05 From: Illinois Member No.: 8,571 |
I first heard about OpenOffice from an awesome computer instructor of mine by the last name of Skaggs. He also told us about http://www.NoNags.com which is an awesome freeware site. He also mentioned that OpenOffice was made by a guy who hated Bill Gates and hoped that OpenOffice would take away business from Microsoft. Does anyone know any more on that?
This post has been edited by Joshua: Apr 21 2006, 10:19 PM |
