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Started using open office a month or so ago and did not want to recommend it untill I was sure about it, well if you want FREE office this is the one, no bugs, great easy useage and its free......
http://www.openoffice.org/
like firefox its getting away from microsoft and it works......
 
Been using it for ages both at work and at home. It is now a very polished piece of software.

Ian
 
nope my bro electrosoldier built it for me,450 quid, for some reason it came with loads and loads of software, full office 2003 being one of them. dreamweaver, clone dvd, nero ultra, dvd x whatever that does, norton, acrobat 6 pro, power dvd, i dunno what cost n what doesnt but this pc has loads on it
 
I've got both. I flit between the two. Openoffice is the default at the mo but the kids need microsoft because they use it at school.
 
Schools/College are a pain. We have to develop our ICT coursework in Microsoft Access (Worst damn database program ever!!!) so I need to install Office because OpenOffice isnt perfect at converting Access files :(

It would be so much cheaper if the schools/colleges used OpenOffice or some other form of office that supports open stanards :(
 
Cyfr said:
It would be so much cheaper if the schools/colleges used OpenOffice or some other form of office that supports open stanards :(
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Maybe it would but then when the students go for a job they would find the majority of places used MS Office. Most employers ask for MS Office experiance so schools and colleges teach what is asked for.
 
Should break the circle somewhere, and companies should start using free software, would also save them a fortune :p
 
When companies start using it then I am sure school's and colleges will follow suit.
 
Madhatter said:
nope my bro electrosoldier built it for me,450 quid, for some reason it came with loads and loads of software, full office 2003 being one of them. dreamweaver, clone dvd, nero ultra, dvd x whatever that does, norton, acrobat 6 pro, power dvd, i dunno what cost n what doesnt but this pc has loads on it
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Which suggests that its all dodgy software(apart from the obvious free stuff like Adobe). Posting on a public forum that you have a PC full of dodgy softawre is not a very clever thing to do IMHO
 
Acrobat 6 pro is not free, it is out of date but not free. Acrobat reader is the free one. I would suggest you ditch version 6 and install Acrobat reader 7, it is a lot faster loading and doesn't crash out Firefox, if you use it. Try cutpdf here for writing pdf's, it works well and is free.
 
I never write pdf neil, i don't even know what they're for. your right it wasn't free. I've never had it crash anything but it does keep wanting updates. Dunno about swapping it for standard 7 though, the pro is far better than the last standard one i installed.
 
Madhatter said:
I've not posted that it's dodgy.
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No you haven't but to be blunt, there is more than £450 worth of software there. I guess you have all teh license codes, etc?

I find it quite funny that people are so happy to use dodgy software but aren't prepared to admit it.
 
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