I found there were some bugs in the version I was using (page numbering beyond the number of pages in the document was messed up), but it never lost an equation or picture. Word is notorious (especially in earlier versions) for loosing equations and pictures beyond the 10th or 11th one.
The time saved not dealing with Word loosing portions of my document was far more than the little time I spend working around some bugs.
I even thanked OO in my acknowledgments section.... and the equation editor in OO was far faster than the point and click equation editor that comes with Word.
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I wrote my Masters Thesis in OpenOffice.
... and the equation editor in OO was far faster than the point and click equation editor that comes with Word.
I found there were some bugs in the version I was using (page numbering beyond the number of pages in the document was messed up), but it never lost an equation or picture. Word is notorious (especially in earlier versions) for loosing equations and pictures beyond the 10th or 11th one.
The time saved not dealing with Word loosing portions of my document was far more than the little time I spend working around some bugs.
I even thanked OO in my acknowledgments section.
Thanks OpenOffice!