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    Open office - How to do spread sheets?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by passive101, Mar 10, 2007.

  1. passive101

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    I have open office 2.1 and when I open the program up I see the word processor. I was under the impression that it contained a spread sheet program that worked with microsoft office. Was I wrong or am I just not seeing how to switch to the spread sheets?
     
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    I'm sorry everyone. I found the option. If anyone can just delete this post it would make me look less stupid and would be greatly appreciated :)
     
    passive101, Mar 10, 2007
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    dead_red_eyes Notebook Consultant

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    Hey passive101, how's Open Office holding up for you? I've been thinking about downloading it since my girlfriend really needs to use Microsoft Office ... and that runs terrible on the Intel-Macs. I just wanted to see if this program is as good as everyone says it is ...

    I think that she's mainly interested in using Microsoft Word ... there's an app like that in Open Office right? Sorry for the n00bish questions mate!
     
    dead_red_eyes, Mar 11, 2007
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    open office is great for most things; the only time minor problems crop up is with track changes or advanced formatting. for 'normal' use, things move back and forth pretty seamlessly between MS Office and OpenOffice. You cant beat the price!

    Google Docs (writely) may also be something to consider...
     
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    I have had ZERO problems with open office so far. It has never crashed or been slow. Personal opinion but if they sold it it would not cost as much as Microsoft office but it would not be cheap.
     
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    I used OpenOffice for PC for about two years and all the interoperability with Word was flawless. I didn't use too many spreadsheets, but when I did they, too, worked fine with Excel. I've since moved to Office 2007 because I got it for free and I like its newer menu system (or lack thereof) better.
     
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