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Ike
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      05-26-2008
Vista Business plus Office 2007 sometimes causes
problems - particularly with Search/Replace - that MS
cannot resolve. A friend uses Open Office on his XP
machine for certain functions that create difficulties
with MSOffice. Documents apparently move back and forth
easily, retaining formatting.

Have readers here had success with Open Office on Vista?

Thanks,

Ike
 
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Holger Metzger
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      05-26-2008
"Ike" <> wrote:
> Vista Business plus Office 2007 sometimes causes
> problems - particularly with Search/Replace - that MS
> cannot resolve. A friend uses Open Office on his XP
> machine for certain functions that create difficulties
> with MSOffice. Documents apparently move back and forth
> easily, retaining formatting.
>
> Have readers here had success with Open Office on Vista?


OpenOffice works absolutely fine on Vista.

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      05-26-2008


"Ike" <> wrote in message
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> Vista Business plus Office 2007 sometimes causes problems - particularly
> with Search/Replace - that MS cannot resolve. A friend uses Open Office on
> his XP machine for certain functions that create difficulties with
> MSOffice. Documents apparently move back and forth easily, retaining
> formatting.
>
> Have readers here had success with Open Office on Vista?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ike



I am running it on Vista 64 bit with no issue.



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Ike
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      05-26-2008
Thanks!
 
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Daddy Tadpole
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      05-26-2008
OK on Vista family premium.

But see another post (today) that refers to non English grammar checking.

Basically, you don't need to spend good money.

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> Vista Business plus Office 2007 sometimes causes problems - particularly
> with Search/Replace - that MS cannot resolve. A friend uses Open Office on
> his XP machine for certain functions that create difficulties with
> MSOffice. Documents apparently move back and forth easily, retaining
> formatting.
>
> Have readers here had success with Open Office on Vista?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ike


 
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      05-27-2008
Ike wrote:
> Vista Business plus Office 2007 sometimes causes
> problems - particularly with Search/Replace - that MS
> cannot resolve. A friend uses Open Office on his XP
> machine for certain functions that create difficulties
> with MSOffice. Documents apparently move back and forth
> easily, retaining formatting.
>
> Have readers here had success with Open Office on Vista?
>


Using OO on Vista will void your warranty and cause your cat to develop
hideous, fungating, boils. If you don't have a cat, you will be visited by
one afflicted even worse.

I have even heard of installations where the woman of the house went
completely bald!

No, not a good move. Instead, avoid conditional hyphens in Word documents.


 
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Frankster
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      05-27-2008
> Documents apparently move back and forth easily, retaining formatting.

If you need MS Access you'll need MS Office. OO has no compatible DB.

-Frank
 
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      05-27-2008


Frankster wrote:
>> Documents apparently move back and forth easily, retaining formatting.

>
> If you need MS Access you'll need MS Office. OO has no compatible DB.
>
> -Frank

Will if you need MS Access you do not need MS Office. I have MS Access
and I use Open Office for everything else.
 
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      05-27-2008
measekite <> wrote in news:AXK_j.2637$xZ.696
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>> If you need MS Access you'll need MS Office. OO has no compatible DB.
>>
>> -Frank

> Will if you need MS Access you do not need MS Office. I have MS Access
> and I use Open Office for everything else.
>


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