Open office or ms office which u prefer?

the shadow · 23 Feb 2008 at 21:29

Open office or ms office which u prefer.Is there any thing u couldn't do without if u had to use the other? o.o is free why give mr gates more money any reason :confused:

MarcLister · 23 Feb 2008 at 21:31

I'd stay with Office. I'm used to it and the interface, although that has changed for Office 2007.

OO is pretty good for free and I did use it for making PDFs but Office 2007 can do that thanks to a plugin.

Can't really think of anything I couldn't do without really.

the shadow · 23 Feb 2008 at 21:53

But mr gates wonts money for 2007.Is it worth the money. I have a friend who has vista i just dont know if its worth buying 2007 for it.

m4cc45 · 23 Feb 2008 at 21:56

I prefer Microsoft Office as there's a lot of useful features, feels professional and is pretty much the industry standard.

You can also Save / Print to PDF with a FREE plugin from the Microsoft Website.

I'd personally say it was worth the money but as I get it free from work I would say that. It really depends if you do everything there regularly. I do a lot of Word documents, have several Microsoft Databases and Excel spreadsheets that I update daily so to me it is very essential.

M.

Monkeynut · 23 Feb 2008 at 21:56

OpenOffice is good because I don't have to worry about it disabling access to older formats.

MarcLister · 23 Feb 2008 at 21:57

Your friend should download OpenOffice and give it a try, if he or she hasn't already. I think you can get a 30 day trial of Office 2007 so that could also be something to do. http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx

Get your friend to try out both and see which they prefer. Are they a student? If so there is an Office 2007 offer on for £38.95. This is how I got Office 2007. I think for £40 Office 2007 is definitely better than OO.

Burnsy2023 · 23 Feb 2008 at 21:59

I'm sorry, but Office 2007 is THE best office productivity avaliable. Now whether it's worth you paying the money for it is upto you, but personally, I would never switch to anything else as current.

Burnsy

Monkeynut · 23 Feb 2008 at 22:00

Pwned, who are you talking to? The OP?

the shadow · 23 Feb 2008 at 22:01

My friend is not a student if if was 40 quid the i would say buy it.does it come with 3 licenses.

Burnsy2023 · 23 Feb 2008 at 22:03

the shadow said:
My friend is not a student if if was 40 quid the i would say buy it.does it come with 3 licenses.

No, only the one.

And I was addressing the OP.

And I should really ask to have my name changed back.....

Burnsy

the shadow · 23 Feb 2008 at 22:04

Burnsy2023 · 23 Feb 2008 at 22:05

In all fairness, it is over £600 worth of software for £40 so having three licences would be a bit OTT. It is the Ultimate version BTW.

Burnsy

the shadow · 23 Feb 2008 at 22:06

What is this one Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student 2007 ** 3 PC License ** From the store

MarcLister · 23 Feb 2008 at 22:06

the shadow said:
My friend is not a student if if was 40 quid the i would say buy it.does it come with 3 licenses.

The £40 student version only has a licence for one install. There is a Home and Student version for about £80 which is good for 3 licences.

Pwned said:
And I should really ask to have my name changed back.....

Burnsy

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