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Old 29-01-2006, 16:27   #1
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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......
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Old 29-01-2006, 19:06   #2
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Been using it for ages both at work and at home. It is now a very polished piece of software.

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Old 30-01-2006, 06:38   #3
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I also use openoffice, great piece of software for the price!
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Old 30-01-2006, 17:31   #4
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My office was free anyway. it came with the pc.
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Old 30-01-2006, 18:56   #5
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I also use openoffice, great piece of software for the price!
I thought all software was free in Russia
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Old 30-01-2006, 19:13   #6
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hehe, well its about a quid a disk, but that doesn't make it legal!
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Old 30-01-2006, 19:49   #7
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I don't remember posting that it was legal
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Old 01-02-2006, 16:43   #8
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My office was free anyway. it came with the pc.
You proberbly paid a lot more for your PC though because the software was included
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Old 03-02-2006, 23:52   #9
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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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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.
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Old 04-02-2006, 10:04   #11
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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
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Old 04-02-2006, 10:19   #12
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It would be so much cheaper if the schools/colleges used OpenOffice or some other form of office that supports open stanards
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.
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Old 04-02-2006, 11:04   #13
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Should break the circle somewhere, and companies should start using free software, would also save them a fortune
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When companies start using it then I am sure school's and colleges will follow suit.
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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
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
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