OpenOffice.org

[onejayhawk]

Has anyone used this product? Here is the site if you are unfamiliar. It's opensource freeware.

In particular I would like to know how well it interfaces with Microsoft files. I have used StarOffice 5, which has the same roots, and it will not make a fully Word compatible .doc file. On the other hand it does a fair job producing Excel style speadsheets.

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[Titi]

For "standard" .doc or .xls files, it seems OK (standard meaning no special formulas, macros, etc...)
I can tell you that for this kind of particuliarities in the files (and even if you add the date in the footer in some cases), it's not fully compatible.

 

[Turner]

The only kind of problem I've had with OpenOffice is some formatting doesn't translate to well. As far as normal (i.e. - at home non business) use, it works fine for me. And I saved 200 bucks over office. . . .