Open Office vs. ms word

edack at kengel.com edack at kengel.com
Tue Nov 29 20:24:27 EST 2005


At my last company, I was the LAN Admin for a decent sized co. Corp. std. 
was indeed MS but I never had any problems xfering docs using OO. I used 
Linux as a desktop and as an internal server for intrAnet, backups, and 
internal DNS.

I may sound like a Linux zelot, and perhaps I am, but I have been through 
several software shifts, WordStar. WordPerfect, MS Word, and now OO. It 
lends a sense of perspective is all.

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On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Thomas A. Lowery wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 08:36:55AM -0500, edack at kengel.com wrote:
>
>> You have to cut the strings and make OO your pimary WP app. Save as .doc
>> and let the chips fall where they may. The penguin knows MS themselves
>> have created problems between Word versions.
>
> While I agree with you for my home machines (which are also a mixture of Linux
> and non-Linux machines), corporate standard is still ms word.  Format and
> presentation are important.  I'll have a go at my document using OOo 2.0
> to see if it makes a difference.
>
> Tom
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