NewsForge | OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word
NewsForge | OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word
Several years ago I concluded “Opening Up to OpenOffice.org” by saying, “OOo Writer outperforms Microsoft Word in almost every way.” With the release of the version 2.0 beta, that statement is truer than ever. At its worst, OOo Writer is an adequate alternative for Microsoft Word. Most of the time, it is a superior one. And the greater your need for page design features or long document handling, the greater that superiority becomes.
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After using OO on 3 different platforms and several more OS’s over several years I have to agree. The styles take a bit of getting use to but in the long run are much easier to use in OO. And importing works much better in later versions. NeoOfficeJis branch for the Mac and what I use most. Just got the latest update yesterday. Nice!
Themocracy
Indeed. OO is a different flavor of word processor (and spreadsheet, and presentation software, and drawing program) but well worth getting to know. And once you know it, it is the same wherever you go–at least on Linux and Windows–haven’t had the chance to try it on OSX. It doesn’t have ALL the bells and whistles that Micro$oft Office has (what DOES?!? Heaven, maybe? Or more likely Hell…) but I rarely, if ever, find myself missing anything. Truth to tell, I suffer from “Feature Overkill” in OO about as much as I do in MO. My daughter uses Abiword for that very reason…..