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OpenOffice 2.0 vs. MS Office Review
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."
gammar - yeah, and slashdot needs a gammar and speel checker
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own" - Adam Savage
How do you think MS Office starts so fast? It pre-loads itself when you start windows. If you check your startup folder, you'll see the MS Office pre-loader shortcut there.
Open office's pre-loader just evens out the playing field.
Apparently you need a spell checker, unless you are referring to the tool that checks out ladies' legs. (gamms)