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OpenOffice 2.0 vs. MS Office Review

Posted by Zonk on from the we're-normally-so-unbiased dept.

trewornan writes "There's an interesting, if partisan, review of OpenOffice 2.0 in comparison to Microsoft Office over on Real Tech News. Open Office gets a general vote of approval, as you might guess from the title 'Open Office 2.0 Kicks MS Office Around The Block'" From the article: "My primary use for OpenOffice has always been as a word processor and I believe this is an area where it excels (so to speak!). For anyone used to MS Office, the difference in the two interfaces is minimal. In fact, I find it easier to use OpenOffice's interface than MS Office's for various things such as inserting a header and footer. To create or change a header and footer in MS Office XP, you must go to the "view" menu. I'm not sure why something like a header or footer would be placed in the "view" menu before it is actually part of a document."

3 of 525 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Fark getting an OS article before /.? by YouCanCallMeAl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your dog wants F/OSS?

  2. Re:It figures. Reviewed by a school kid. by fireman+sam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I still am unable to work with others, or even myself"

    If you can't work with yourself, play with yourself.

    --
    it is only after a long journey that you know the strength of the horse.
  3. Re:Who uses Office XP anymore? by NcF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Honestly, I find integrating IE with the system to be one of the biggest mistakes M$ ever made. Their integration is, barring them not validating their code for extreme cases, one of their biggest coding flaws I've seen. By integrating it with the core system, they've basically allowed any hacker full access to the System itself, instead of just one single component like Firefox (or any other browser for that matter) acts like...yes, they all call the system, but they are not a core part of the system, per se.