It's free and compatible with Word files works with Vista

Another very good alternative to Word is Open Office. It's free and
compatible with Word files.

http://www.openoffice.org/

it is not compatible with the latest docx files that word 2007 produces..
unless openoffice has been updated to include this



"Michael Yardley" <> wrote in message
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> Another very good alternative to Word is Open Office. It's free and
> compatible with Word files.
>
> http://www.openoffice.org/
>

In article < om>,
says...
> Another very good alternative to Word is Open Office. It's free and
> compatible with Word files.
>
> http://www.openoffice.org/

It's not "Compatible" - it will open and convert many standard, without
special formatting, documents, but it could also mean that you'll have
trouble interacting with people that you send the document back to.

In general, if you're interacting with people that use MS Office when
you want MS Office or you will force them to work with the lowest common
format supported between the two Office applications - most often this
means the simple RTF format.

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On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:52:54 -0500, Leythos wrote:

> In article < om>,
> says...
>> Another very good alternative to Word is Open Office. It's free and
>> compatible with Word files.
>>
>> http://www.openoffice.org/
>
> It's not "Compatible" - it will open and convert many standard, without
> special formatting, documents, but it could also mean that you'll have
> trouble interacting with people that you send the document back to.

You are correct that it is not 100% compatible. But in five years of using
it, I've never had a problem either direction - any potential user can
certainly try it to see if there is an issue.

>
> In general, if you're interacting with people that use MS Office when
> you want MS Office or you will force them to work with the lowest common
> format supported between the two Office applications - most often this
> means the simple RTF format.

Most files should be sent in RTF rather than a proprietary format. BTW -
not too long ago I produced all the formatting for our church directory
for Olan Mills - they only support MS PowerPoint and a few other
proprietary formats. I did the entire thing using OpenOffice Impress and
they had zero problems.

Michael Yardley wrote:
> Another very good alternative to Word is Open Office. It's free and
> compatible with Word files.
>
> http://www.openoffice.org/

But it's not a Microsoft product. Using it may void your warranty.

glsj.dw wrote:
> it is not compatible with the latest docx files that word 2007 produces..
> unless openoffice has been updated to include this
>

All you need to do is download the free MSoffice 2007 compatibility pack.

>
>
> "Michael Yardley" <> wrote in message
> news: ps.com...
>> Another very good alternative to Word is Open Office. It's free and
>> compatible with Word files.
>>
>> http://www.openoffice.org/
>

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The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
wrote:
> glsj.dw wrote:
>> it is not compatible with the latest docx files that word 2007
>> produces.. unless openoffice has been updated to include this
>>
>
> All you need to do is download the free MSoffice 2007 compatibility pack.

Or do what I do and tell the sender to save the bloody file in a format
that most people can open.

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"HeyBub" <> wrote in message
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> Michael Yardley wrote:
>> Another very good alternative to Word is Open Office. It's free and
>> compatible with Word files.
>>
>> http://www.openoffice.org/
>
> But it's not a Microsoft product. Using it may void your warranty.

Using a FREE product will void what warranty?


>
>

ray wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:52:54 -0500, Leythos wrote:
>
>> In article < om>,
>> says...
>>> Another very good alternative to Word is Open Office. It's free and
>>> compatible with Word files.
>>>
>>> http://www.openoffice.org/
>> It's not "Compatible" - it will open and convert many standard, without
>> special formatting, documents, but it could also mean that you'll have
>> trouble interacting with people that you send the document back to.
>
> You are correct that it is not 100% compatible. But in five years of using
> it, I've never had a problem either direction - any potential user can
> certainly try it to see if there is an issue.
>
>> In general, if you're interacting with people that use MS Office when
>> you want MS Office or you will force them to work with the lowest common
>> format supported between the two Office applications - most often this
>> means the simple RTF format.
>
> Most files should be sent in RTF rather than a proprietary format. BTW -
> not too long ago I produced all the formatting for our church directory
> for Olan Mills - they only support MS PowerPoint and a few other
> proprietary formats. I did the entire thing using OpenOffice Impress and
> they had zero problems.
>

Olan Mills, the photo studio? You sound like you are from my neck of
the woods, Ray.

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creativity and innovation that is a hallmark of this country. Consumer
rights in the digital age are not frivolous."
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Jerry Atricks wrote:
> "HeyBub" <> wrote in message
> news:OYlEQ%...
>> Michael Yardley wrote:
>>> Another very good alternative to Word is Open Office. It's free and
>>> compatible with Word files.
>>>
>>> http://www.openoffice.org/
>> But it's not a Microsoft product. Using it may void your warranty.
>
> Using a FREE product will void what warranty?
>
>
>>
>
>

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