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LemonRising
10-20-2009, 10:52 PM
Does anyone have it/tried it/know anything about it?

I'm interested because it's microsoft office compatible apparently.
Just wondering if it's worth getting/a good alternative.
Jaykub
10-20-2009, 11:04 PM
Its great if you need small jobs done thats about it
NitZ83
10-21-2009, 02:21 PM
I've it installed for a couple of months, but it sucks sometimes when you open a document from office and you have to modify something that Open office can't keep from a Microsoft (.doc) document.

But it's free, easy to use.
LemonRising
10-21-2009, 06:56 PM
So it's not -totally- microsoft office compatible.

Meh doesn't sound like it'd really help me much especially if it's just good for small stuff.

I'M THINKIN BIG MAN.
BIG
HamadaLFC8
10-24-2009, 01:13 PM
Yeah I used it over the summer since my sisters laptop's office ran out and I had AP homework to do I used Microsoft office but yeah its not completely Microsoft office compatible and can be a pain in the ass, but if you need something quick use it.
Trunks
10-24-2009, 11:33 PM
So it's not -totally- microsoft office compatible.

Meh doesn't sound like it'd really help me much especially if it's just good for small stuff.

I'M THINKIN BIG MAN.
BIG

don't listen to jacob lol, I don't think he knows what he is talking about. You can do everything on open office as you could on Microsoft office. Maybe a few minor things are changed, but you can do "Big Jobs" on it. I use open office, I write my essays on it, for school, then put it on a pin drive and print it off using MS Word. I have only used Word and Power Point for open office. It's compatible with word, just some fonts, colors, and the margins won't carry over. But that stuff is just a quick fix, 5 minutes top. As for Power Point, you can't open it as a Microsoft Document. So if you only plan on using Word, then I would use it, but if you need to for excel, Power Point or something else, then i doubt it'll be much use.
suesam21
11-29-2009, 12:31 AM
Openoffice is one good application. You can use it portable mode as well. Portableapps site allows you to port the application on multiple OS. And compatibility of the application is good with ms-office and google docs.