6/17 Anyone have any experience with StarOffice 6? I am sick to death
both of MSOffice, and of StarOffice 5.2 munging macros and formatting.
Neither koffice nor OpenOffice do a better job. And yes, I do
occasionally need to work on word docs. -John
\_ obED!
\_ soffice 6 sucks on Linux/*BSD/Solaris. It is slow, unresponsive,
and frequently screws up word conversions (esp. those with
custom styles, macros and revision history). If you just need
to read the occasional word doc and you don't mind that the
converted versions looks like shit soffice is okay otherwise
you are stuck with M$ Office.
\_ Funny, SO5 already filled all those criteria. Thanks for
the honest appraisal, though. -John
\_ err... what is the differences between StarOffice and OpenOffice?
\_ think netscape 7 versus mozilla
\_ thought so. If that is the case, why would anyone,
as an individual, choose Staroffice over OpenOffice?
-Mozilla / Firebird user
\_ If the individual is not a technical guru, the
1-800 number tech support instead of usenet/mailing
lists is a big plus. There's also a couple of features
in SO but not OO, such as some of the spell checking
dictionaries and the database for their MS Access
clone.
\_ funny thing is, last time I checked, there is no
1-800 number on MS office neither. In fact,
I don't recall any of MS products has tech support
:)
\_ In Office X there is a button labeled 'Tech
Support' that brings up contact info for M$
tech support. In case you wanted to call them
the numbers are:
Standard Support: U.S. (425) 454-2030
Paid Support: (800) 936-5700
\_ standard support? "Please dial 800-936-5700
for further support! Thank you for calling
Microsoft's Standard Support Hotline!" |
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