Re: [PLUG] Linux on the desktop

["W. Chris Shank" <chris.shank@acetechgroup.com>]

I've had similar experiences. I have clients using OpenOffice alongside
Office 97 and 2000 (no Office XP - as that is the reason for using OOo)
and they NEVER call me about document incompatibilities anymore. In the
beginning they would occasionally have incompatibilities - but once they
knew what to look out for (this is where a little training goes a long
way) - they made some minor changes to their document formats and
everything has been pretty stable since.

BTW: My company is now offering half-day training courses in OpenOffice
Writer and Calc. So if you know of any person or business that would like
to convert - but doesn't feel like they can do it without some training -
have them give me a call at the number below.

Chris


Alex Birch said:
> Mike Leone wrote:
>
>>W. Chris Shank (chris.shank@acetechgroup.com) had this to say on
>> 02/27/04 at 10:11:
>>
>>
>>
>>>And as far as OpenOffice not handling MS Office formats well. From our
>>> experience that is baloney. There are a few things openoffice doesn't
>>>
>>>
>>
>>(Note - my experience is about a year old now)
>>
>>I had a Word doc in Word 2000. As documents go, relatively
>> uncomplicated - some numbered bullets; some bullet points with symbols.
>>
>>Opened in OOO, and re-saved, and re-opened in Word (to simulate sharing
>> documents between OOO users and Word users) ...
>>
>>none of the aligment was correct. I had to edit the entire
>>document, re-aligning each point, to the way I wanted it, and the way
>> it used to be, in Word.  And resizing a table, with it's columns,
>>and bullet points in table cells.
>>
>>
>>
> If this file isn't confidential, would you mind emailing it to me off
> the list? I don't have a copy of Word 2000, but I do have a copy of Word
>  XP and I'll be more than willing to fill out an OpenOffice.org bug
> report. This type of error is unacceptable.
>
> Where I used to work, we had to use Windows Office, but I used
> OpenOffice.org for the 7 months and no one noticed a difference. Even
> when I opened, altered and re-saved other people's work. (After a few
> months I quit opening the documents in Word to ensure that the format
> had been maintained.)
>
> OOo 1.1 is a light years ahead of OOo 1.0.
>
> Cheers,
> Alex
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