Office Suites

[whotheheckami]

In amongst all the cleaning I've been doing today I've rebuilt one of the PCs at home. It's now whizzing along with a legal version of WinXP. However, I have blown up my copy of MS Office Pro and I don't really want to re-install the "copy" that I have.

I know I should go out and buy a copy , but I've heard that there are some very good alternatives to MS-Office. Can anyone point me at one that they would be happy to suggest.

Have you used Openoffice?

Comments

[daveon.livejournal.com]

Other pain points are their version of Powerpoint really doesn't translate to Powerpoint very well, so it's useless for a salesy person like me.

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

That may prove to be a deal clincher for Mr Gates. I tend to use presentations in preference to reports and sharing them is a key requirement for me.

*looks for chequebook*
*notices NUS card* <--- I knew that would come in useful!

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Anyone with a schoolage child can buy a copy of Office that can be put on up to three household machines. Also anyone else can, provided they're happy to lie about it. For about £100, so still expensive but not actually outrageous.

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a cunning plan m'lord. I guess I'll be phoning my software pedlars in the morning. In the meantime I'm going to play with Openoffice

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Yes. To be legitimate, your child has to use the software; it's a student & teacher edition. It's also Office, not Office Pro, so this won't do if you need Access. But there's no form of license checking.

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

It's Kate and I who are the students. Does Office have Poewrpoint?

[daveon.livejournal.com]

Ah! NUS, that will do nicely.

Having a family member in MS helps too. The company shop discount is astounding.

But in all seriousness, the same family member used to work for Sun and found that Sun Office made their life hell when it came to sharing documents and presentations were the worst one.