Comments on: You Don’t Have To Be A Slave To Microsoft Office http://www.lostintechnology.com/software/you-dont-have-to-be-a-slave-to-microsoft-office Technology Tips Tricks and HowTos Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:15:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ariel http://www.lostintechnology.com/software/you-dont-have-to-be-a-slave-to-microsoft-office/comment-page-1#comment-31054 Ariel Fri, 15 May 2009 03:32:22 +0000 http://www.lostintechnology.com/?p=1277#comment-31054 Nice article. I've tried OpenOffice, and it certainly meets the standard needs for word processing and plain spreadsheets and such, but it's not much more than that, and if you already have acopy, it might be better to use MS Office 2007 than to use OpenOffice.org 3.0. (MS Office can also be used on Linux through Wine btw.) I mean, OpenOffice's template things and formatting tools are very limited, and it's only good enough for basic use IMO. You will be able to find some decent Impress backgrounds if you search for them, but PowerPoint's are better iWork, on the other hand, is awesome. It blows MS Office WAY out of the water. Keynote to PowerPoint is no comparison. PowerPoint is SO lousy; no 3D effects, no text slide transitions- *shudders*. Numbers is also totally awesome with a load of very practical (and visually appealing) templates included. Pages is also awesome with great editing and formatting tools, with an amazing selection of great and very professional templates too. So here's my analysis. Features: iWork(3)>MS Office(2)>OOo(1) Price: OOo(3)>iWork(2)>MS Office(1) Add it up: iWork: 5 points. OOo: 4 points. MS Office: 3 points. Nice article.

I’ve tried OpenOffice, and it certainly meets the standard needs for word processing and plain spreadsheets and such, but it’s not much more than that, and if you already have acopy, it might be better to use MS Office 2007 than to use OpenOffice.org 3.0. (MS Office can also be used on Linux through Wine btw.) I mean, OpenOffice’s template things and formatting tools are very limited, and it’s only good enough for basic use IMO. You will be able to find some decent Impress backgrounds if you search for them, but PowerPoint’s are better

iWork, on the other hand, is awesome. It blows MS Office WAY out of the water. Keynote to PowerPoint is no comparison. PowerPoint is SO lousy; no 3D effects, no text slide transitions- *shudders*. Numbers is also totally awesome with a load of very practical (and visually appealing) templates included. Pages is also awesome with great editing and formatting tools, with an amazing selection of great and very professional templates too.

So here’s my analysis.

Features:
iWork(3)>MS Office(2)>OOo(1)

Price:
OOo(3)>iWork(2)>MS Office(1)

Add it up:
iWork: 5 points.
OOo: 4 points.
MS Office: 3 points.

]]> By: techandlife http://www.lostintechnology.com/software/you-dont-have-to-be-a-slave-to-microsoft-office/comment-page-1#comment-5343 techandlife Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:31:31 +0000 http://www.lostintechnology.com/?p=1277#comment-5343 That's brilliant. Thanks so much for checking that out for me. I'm hoping to transition to Linux from Windows in 2009 and that's another step along the way. That’s brilliant. Thanks so much for checking that out for me. I’m hoping to transition to Linux from Windows in 2009 and that’s another step along the way.

]]> By: Leslie Poston http://www.lostintechnology.com/software/you-dont-have-to-be-a-slave-to-microsoft-office/comment-page-1#comment-5338 Leslie Poston Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:29:16 +0000 http://www.lostintechnology.com/?p=1277#comment-5338 I can do this using Pages from iWork, but had never tried it in Open Office. I double checked for you. Yes, you can. This page from the Open Office help documentation tells you where to find the setting (about half way down the page): http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/word_processing/Word-to-OOo.html It also tells you where every Open Office equivalent to every Microsoft Word setting is to make switching easier. I can do this using Pages from iWork, but had never tried it in Open Office. I double checked for you. Yes, you can. This page from the Open Office help documentation tells you where to find the setting (about half way down the page): http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/word_processing/Word-to-OOo.html

It also tells you where every Open Office equivalent to every Microsoft Word setting is to make switching easier.

]]> By: techandlife http://www.lostintechnology.com/software/you-dont-have-to-be-a-slave-to-microsoft-office/comment-page-1#comment-5327 techandlife Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:49:27 +0000 http://www.lostintechnology.com/?p=1277#comment-5327 I'd like to try Open Office but, like many, I need to use Word at work. Typically, I'm sent Word doc files with Track Changes turned on and I have to work in the document with Track Changes on and return the document. If I import a Word doc file into Open Office, do you know if the Track Changes will be preserved, then can I continue with Track Changes in Open Office and finally export as a doc file retaining the tracked changes? I’d like to try Open Office but, like many, I need to use Word at work. Typically, I’m sent Word doc files with Track Changes turned on and I have to work in the document with Track Changes on and return the document.

If I import a Word doc file into Open Office, do you know if the Track Changes will be preserved, then can I continue with Track Changes in Open Office and finally export as a doc file retaining the tracked changes?

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