OpenOffice
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"OpenOffice.org is an office suite application available for a number of different computer operating systems. It supports the OpenDocument standard for data interchange as its default file formats, a... More


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AUDIENCE : developers
LICENSE : gnu lesser general public license (lgpl)
OPERATING SYSTEM : os independent
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE : c++
USER INTERFACE : gnome
win32 : Newt : Kde : LATEST VERSION : 2.4.1
TITLE SYNONYMS : OpenOffice.org
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PDF Option Is Great

The Open Office built in pdf converter is great. MS word to unstable while Open Office is solid. The only thing I really didn't like about Open Office is their html editor. I am a big fan of dreamweaver when it comes to html editors.


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Compatibility Issues

My problem with Open Office is the files some of our vendors send over are not compatible. Other then that, Open Office is very solid on its own when a need to work with someone elses files is not required.


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Real Alternative To MSOffice

This a alternative to MS Office that I use.

Lot of people complain that it lacks some features. The reality is that with OpenOffice you can do almost everything you need. The 3.0 version is really nice.

Work fast if right packages (for your distributive) are selected.


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I Feel OpenOffice Needs To Improve.

I feel OpenOffice needs to improve.


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often listen it , but haven't use it before

will try it sometimes after


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Open office not opening in leopard

hi
i have read your fix for this but dont fully understand how to fix it. Am running macbook pro with leopard 10.5.5 and have installed openoffice 2.4 when I try to use it I get that message command timed out and then thats it......cant run openoffice...any help welcome thank you

Command Timed Out Error on OOo 2.4?

I recently upgraded to Leopard and everytime I start OOo it gives me a "Command Time Out" error. It doesn't really effect the functionality/performance but it's irritating and I'm sure its a simple fix. Would appreciate your help.

Cheers.

Having problems to install openoffice on my mac

I've downloaded the open office app. from http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/ but everytime I try to start it - it hangs and gives me the X11 window. I am not being able to install it even when I delete the application and re-download and re-install it. Help!!

Having problems with opening a .wpd doc - any suggestions?

I tried opening it in Microsoft Word (2007) and it wont work. Tried it in OOO and that doesn't work either. Any ideas on how I could go about doing this? Any plug-ins that would help??

OpenOffice Calc Performance Issues / Bugs

I have just recently started using Calc. Love it as an alternative to Excel! However, I find it's slow and crashes when working with spreadsheets with more than ~ 2,000 rows at times. What has been other members experience with OpenOffice and Calc in particular? Are there any options/settings that I could change to improve the speed or prevent it from crashing when working with large files? Thanks!

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