[libreoffice-users] Re MS Office vs LibreOffice-Don't Struggle-:go LO

Hi,

I have used MS Office side-by-side with both OO and LO
on my iMAC (10.6.7) without a problem.

In fact, I invited danger running them all at the same time.

Not a problem!  Dump MS Office!  I hear it won't be supported
about 2 years from now.  As matter of fact, neither will MS
Windows according to some reports.

Glenn
On 4/20/11 10:26 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
> On 4/20/11 5:05 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > There seems to be an assumption that MS Office would be un-installed 
> > or that
> > people would be forced to stop using MS Office and that the change 
> > would have to
> > be implemented 'overnight'.  None of that assumption is valid.
>
> Agreed, it would be a gradual change, but it would change.  Having two 
> office suites installed means more work for IT support for the program 
> and it's features, plus supporting the interchange of files.  And, you 
> will always have those users who will not make a voluntary switch from 
> old to new until forced, causing continuing difficulty is sharing 
> files.  I'm not IT, but been there done that when the switch was made 
> from WordPerfect (the better program IMO) to MS Word.
>
> > People could and probably would continue to use MS Office but would 
> > gain access
> > to the extra functionality offered in LibreOffice.  This is much the 
> > same as
> > Adobe Acrobat Writer which office workers are often expected to 
> > install or
> > upgrade in order to read pdf.
> >
> > Pdf is dominant on websites as THE way that documents are available for
> > download.  Often there is a download link nearby in case anyone has 
> > not got the
> > latest version.  People seem to consider it completely normal to have to
> > download and update Acrobat but it doesn't stop them using MS Office.
>
> I suspect no one considers having a special program to read PDF's as 
> being "strange" is because only recently have office suites started to 
> be able to read and create PDF files.
>
> I haven't used MS Office for a long time now, but if memory serves, 
> 2003 can't do anything with them, 2007 can only create.  I don't know 
> about 2010.
>
> I've not done any kind of comparison, but I'd bet no office suite can 
> match the features of Adobe Reader 9.  And I'd bet 10 has even more 
> features.  So, until the office suites can "meet or exceed" Reader's 
> abilities to work with PDF files, there's going to be a separate 
> program to read and manipulate them, plus Acrobat or similar to create 
> them.
>
>
> Ken


--
Glenn

"What might have been is an abstraction
Remaining a perpetual possibility
Only in a world of speculation."
T. S. Eliot, "Four Quartets"


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