OpenOffice.org

[Jeremy Shum]

hello everyone,
i am a REALLY BIG fan of microsoft office 2003 although even though i
have not tried it yet, i believe i will never actually get a chance to
as our school [marryatville high school] is not going to be going to
upgrade their products as microsoft products continuously get better
and more professional each time they release a product.
because i could not get my hands onto ms office 2003, i found
OpenOffice.org which is FREE, and it works just as well, and comes w/
even more features... like the corporate edition of microsoft office
xp 2002 [we have this at school... so i know]... and 2003 feels just
the same. the other thing is that even though m$ office 2003 looks
good [i saw some screen shots of it]... it doesnt seem to offer much
more for a personal user, and seems much of a rip off.
i cant understand saving up AU$500 [around US$800] just to get an
academic edition either? i want to ask any people who have any
suggestions. and whether it would be possible for me to get a try at
office 2003... as it seems pretty kool... and if u r just a user
wanting to get OpenOffice.org, i recommend it over office 2003 because
of its capabilities and price [FREE], then go to
http://www.openoffice.org/ to download it.
-- hope i help and thankyou, jeremy

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jeremy,

I response to your question about getting a chance
to try MS Office 2003, you can get a trial copy
from Microsoft - http://microsoft.com/office/trial

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hello everyone,
i am a REALLY BIG fan of microsoft office 2003 although even though i
have not tried it yet, i believe i will never actually get a chance to
as our school [marryatville high school] is not going to be going to
upgrade their products as microsoft products continuously get better
and more professional each time they release a product.
because i could not get my hands onto ms office 2003, i found
OpenOffice.org which is FREE, and it works just as well, and comes w/
even more features... like the corporate edition of microsoft office
xp 2002 [we have this at school... so i know]... and 2003 feels just
the same. the other thing is that even though m$ office 2003 looks
good [i saw some screen shots of it]... it doesnt seem to offer much
more for a personal user, and seems much of a rip off.
i cant understand saving up AU$500 [around US$800] just to get an
academic edition either? i want to ask any people who have any
suggestions. and whether it would be possible for me to get a try at
office 2003... as it seems pretty kool... and if u r just a user
wanting to get OpenOffice.org, i recommend it over office 2003 because
of its capabilities and price [FREE], then go to
http://www.openoffice.org/ to download it.
-- hope i help and thankyou, jeremy >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

The Office 2003 System parts explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I especially like the mail client and the collaboration with scheduling and
tasks, and linking your projects to the contacts using Journal... oops,
sorry, O doesn't have it.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.

| hello everyone,
| i am a REALLY BIG fan of microsoft office 2003 although even though i
| have not tried it yet, i believe i will never actually get a chance to
| as our school [marryatville high school] is not going to be going to
| upgrade their products as microsoft products continuously get better
| and more professional each time they release a product.
| because i could not get my hands onto ms office 2003, i found
| OpenOffice.org which is FREE, and it works just as well, and comes w/
| even more features... like the corporate edition of microsoft office
| xp 2002 [we have this at school... so i know]... and 2003 feels just
| the same. the other thing is that even though m$ office 2003 looks
| good [i saw some screen shots of it]... it doesnt seem to offer much
| more for a personal user, and seems much of a rip off.
| i cant understand saving up AU$500 [around US$800] just to get an
| academic edition either? i want to ask any people who have any
| suggestions. and whether it would be possible for me to get a try at
| office 2003... as it seems pretty kool... and if u r just a user
| wanting to get OpenOffice.org, i recommend it over office 2003 because
| of its capabilities and price [FREE], then go to
| http://www.openoffice.org/ to download it.
| -- hope i help and thankyou, jeremy

 

[Jeremy Shum]

hey mate,

the only problem about the
http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/default.mspx trial is that i do
not live in the united states of america... i live in australia.

"$7.95 US for the first kit and $4.95 US for each additional one" also
worries me a bit [as aren't these only trials?]

thankyou for your support, although for people who still want to get
OpenOffice.org: http://www.openoffice.org/

-- jeremy shum [pop/rock records recording artist]

 

[Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE, MVP]]

I've seen a lot of international errors in OOo (localized fonts and so on)

G:

 

[Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE, MVP]]

I also love the connection with exchange GAL )

 

[Patrick Rouse [MVP]]

OpenOffice 1.1 works fine if you don't connect to a
corporate email server like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus
Notes or Novell GroupWise. If they had an email client
like Ximian that could connect to Exchange Server they'd
have a better change at stealing even a small portion of
Microsoft's Marketshare in this sector, but they don't.

Microsoft Office is used by corporations for its' wide
array of end-user perceived features, but also because it
offers a wide array of Deployment Options, i.e. Deploy
from CD, Administrative Installation Point, Group Policy
Assignment... and has an Administrative Template for each
program that allows an administrator to disable, enable or
set the default settings for virtually every menu item of
option setting in the Office Suite, so users don't call
the help desk everytime they change something that they
had no business messing with.

I highly recommend OpenOffice to SOHO and students, but in
an enterprise environment is just doesn't measure up.

P.S. Educational & Non-Profit pricing for MS Office makes
it about the same price as Sun's Star Office, i.e. USD$50-
100 per license, depending on the version.

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Jeremy,

You left off the opening part of the sentence in your quote

"Trial kits are available worldwide for free, but shipping costs are $7.95 US for the first kit and $4.95 US for each additional
one..."

You asked how to get a copy of MS Office to try. You may
also find that there are local events related to MS Office
and that at those events they may give out the trial copies
(saving the shipping costs).
http://microsoft.com/australia/office/

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hey mate,

the only problem about the
http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/default.mspx trial is that i do
not live in the united states of america... i live in australia.

"$7.95 US for the first kit and $4.95 US for each additional one" also
worries me a bit [as aren't these only trials?]

thankyou for your support, although for people who still want to get
OpenOffice.org: http://www.openoffice.org/

-- jeremy shum >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

The Office 2003 System parts explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Jeremy Shum]

hey mate,
do u personally [un-bias opinion] think it would be better to go w/
OpenOffice.org as it has the same capabilities as Microsoft Office
2003... and if it doesn't, what extra facilities does M$ office 2003
offer? i believe that a lot of people are asking the same question,
and i cant seem to find the reason why i should pay...
the other thing is that i heard u didnt need to go thru the problems
of registration [30 day activation], and i also heard that as there
are billions of people working on it currently, it is more bug-free
than microsoft products, and there is bound to be FREE extras out
there...
what do u personally believe? [even though ur working 4 microsoft]
THANKS in advance...
~~~ jeremy shum -- pop records recording artist