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Anybody use OpenOffice software?

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  1. OneM24 OneM24 is offline beer pong champion

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 6:59pm)

    I was told about a site called OpenOffice, where the software is completely free and compatible with Microsoft programs. Does anybody here use it? If so, is it compatible with excel?
  2. tkeat1653 tkeat1653 is offline

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 7:02pm) in reply to OneM24

    Yes. You can save things as a .xls file I believe.
  3. Dharma Dharma is offline

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 7:06pm) in reply to OneM24

    I have used it a lot and did not have too much trouble between MS and Open Office. Sometimes the Excel formulas did not translate perfectly but that was about it. I did notice that if someone had locked cells in Excel I could open them with Open Office.
  4. palmerjoe palmerjoe is offline

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 7:07pm) in reply to tkeat1653

    Yeah, i use it... a shit-ton of people do. It does most, nearly all of what Microsoft office does. A lot of the anti-microsoft folks/computer geeks use it exclusively... even with access to Microsoft products for free/at work, etc. And yes, you can save files with all the microsoft extensions.
  5. vote4arealclown vote4arealclown is offline

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 7:08pm) in reply to palmerjoe

    Its great! Pull the trigger!
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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 7:10pm) in reply to vote4arealclown

    I used it a lot earlier. I never had any problems with it, but I didn't really work with MS documents (opened a few Word documents now and then), I just made my own spreadsheets. Stopped using it just because I stopped having to work with spreadsheets.
  7. I Fold I Fold is offline

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 7:17pm) in reply to OneM24

    I have it, its free and works great....
  8. Bigblind Popper Bigblind Popper is offline

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 7:35pm) in reply to I Fold

    great free product. get it! ive never had any issues going between that and Ms office.
  9. SoCalDrew SoCalDrew is offline Moderator

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 7:40pm) in reply to Bigblind Popper

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  10. xxbossmanxx xxbossmanxx is online now Plays poker like a X-Boxxx

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 7:45pm) in reply to SoCalDrew

    open source FTW!
  11. OneM24 OneM24 is offline beer pong champion

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 8:19pm) in reply to xxbossmanxx

    Thanks guys! I will download it now. I appreciate the feedback.
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  12. Hughes4 Hughes4 is offline

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 8:25pm) in reply to OneM24

    I used to use it, then I realized that everything is free on the world wide web.

    Just got this new thing called Word (you should try it)
  13. kdunlapmo kdunlapmo is offline

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 9:12pm) in reply to Hughes4

    The only bad thing about OpenOffice is that it falls under the Oracle umbrella (since they acquired Sun). Oracle appears to be very anti-open source so I'm sure it's a matter of time before OO dies a painful death. The Document Foundation has forked Open Office into LibreOffice (libreoffice.org) and it's gaining a lot of traction. Many of the Linux distro's are now making LibreOffice part of it's software rather than OpenOffice.


    I know many of you could give a shit but just making you aware that you may be better off jumping on to the LibreOffice band wagon.
  14. bcdrmr bcdrmr is offline 3 of a kind > flush????

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    Mar 4th, 2011 (3/4/2011 10:59pm) in reply to OneM24

    yes. and yes.
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