I own StarOffice 5.1 and have already imported documents created with both M$O 2000 and 97. I couldn't see any difference - both types were imported just fine. Should M$ have kept their promise not to change the document format between 97 and 2000?
StarOffice is not just a mindless copy of M$ Office! When I switched from M$O 97 to StarOffice 5.0 it was very good that the user interface in some points was similar. It helped me to learn how to use StarOffice. When you have worked with StarOffice for some time you learn that it is much easier to handle than M$O. It has many useful features, M$O has not (even not in M$O 2000). And the best thing with StarOffice is: it is for free. At least in this point M$ can't compete.
I use the german version, so I don't have english menus. But I think that Star will fix bugs as easy as the menu thing very fast if you report them to Star. Actually I had a problem with StarOffice 5.0 and my hardware and I reported the bug to the support team. In StarOffice 5.1 the bug was fixed. I guess the support team already has a solution for your printing problem too. Why not asking them? The support in the newsgroups is pretty good - like StarOffice!
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I own StarOffice 5.1 and have already imported documents created with both M$O 2000 and 97. I couldn't see any difference - both types were imported just fine. Should M$ have kept their promise not to change the document format between 97 and 2000?
StarOffice is not just a mindless copy of M$ Office! When I switched from M$O 97 to StarOffice 5.0 it was very good that the user interface in some points was similar. It helped me to learn how to use StarOffice. When you have worked with StarOffice for some time you learn that it is much easier to handle than M$O. It has many useful features, M$O has not (even not in M$O 2000).
And the best thing with StarOffice is: it is for free. At least in this point M$ can't compete.
I use the german version, so I don't have english menus. But I think that Star will fix bugs as easy as the menu thing very fast if you report them to Star. Actually I had a problem with StarOffice 5.0 and my hardware and I reported the bug to the support team. In StarOffice 5.1 the bug was fixed.
I guess the support team already has a solution for your printing problem too. Why not asking them? The support in the newsgroups is pretty good - like StarOffice!