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Carmille A friend recommended me to try: http://www.openoffice.org/ . What are your experiences with OpenOffice? Any better alternatives?

98 weeks ago from Productivity & Time-Management

James DeRosia: I used open office for quite a while. It gets the trick done but is not as slick as Microsoft office. Also there may be some formatting ...MoreI used open office for quite a while. It gets the trick done but is not as slick as Microsoft office. Also there may be some formatting incompatibilities when people open your open office documents with Microsoft office. I eventually got a student/home edition of Microsoft office 3 licenses for $99.
98 weeks ago
Carmille: Thanks, James. I've got Microsoft Office, but am looking for an alternative to project management and also saving files to an external hardrive.
98 weeks ago
James: I am not sure OpenOffice will give you what you want. OpenOffice is just a free suite of packages that can be used in place of MS Word, Excel, ...MoreI am not sure OpenOffice will give you what you want. OpenOffice is just a free suite of packages that can be used in place of MS Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. I found OpenOffice applications very good for the basic capabilities of MS Office. However, if currently us MS Office, I think you may feel like you are going backwards. If you are sharing with people who use OpenOffice, it could be the way to go if you need to share. That way you would be using functions that they do not have. If you want to share files on a common drive, you may want to use MS Live or Google Doc. I found this comparison on line: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/office_live_workspace_vs_google_doc.... For project management, you may want to check out MS Project or a opensource (read that as free) project management software called Workbench at http://www.openworkbench.org/. I have used MS Project, over kill for what I was doing, I will be try OpenWorkbench the next time to see how it works. Good Luck
98 weeks ago
: Carmille - I think it is a phenomenal program. I use it in Linux and have had NO heartache from the lack of word, or any other microsoft programs.
98 weeks ago
: I agree with the James' that for pure ease, MS Office is the best way to go.

For project management I use a couple of tools. MindJet MindManager8 ...MoreI agree with the James' that for pure ease, MS Office is the best way to go.

For project management I use a couple of tools. MindJet MindManager8 is my favorite project management tool. I use this program at work, home, civic engagements....everywhere. Best tool out there. For pure project management, I don't think it gets much better than OpenProj. It's opensource/free, and it has the most detailed and intricate step-by-step project planning program out there. I would highly recommend both of these programs.
98 weeks ago
: Thanks for posting this link Carmille. I've just scanned it briefly, but put it on my "resource" list. Looks really interesting.
98 weeks ago
Carmille: Information overload! Have a lot of tools to look through this week. Thank you folks so much for your feedback and suggestions. Much appreciated!
98 weeks ago
Lori Fagerholm: An interesting discussion for me, since I'm considering OpenOffice because my MS Office suite is old, and I don't want to buy a new one just yet, ...MoreAn interesting discussion for me, since I'm considering OpenOffice because my MS Office suite is old, and I don't want to buy a new one just yet, if I don't have to. Is it worth transitioning to OpenOffice if I'm just going to have to switch back in a year or so? (I'm not particularly a fan of Microsoft, but my clients use Office, so I use it for compatibility reasons.)
98 weeks ago
Quisha Hill: when i didnt want to pay for ms office i used google docs, and honestly, i still do, just becasue everything is all in one place. open office is ...Morewhen i didnt want to pay for ms office i used google docs, and honestly, i still do, just becasue everything is all in one place. open office is alot better than it used to be!
98 weeks ago
Lindsey Donner: I love OpenOffice. (However, I do run into issues at one job where everyone else there uses MS Suite on Windows 7.) Also, it is open source, which ...MoreI love OpenOffice. (However, I do run into issues at one job where everyone else there uses MS Suite on Windows 7.) Also, it is open source, which means those with know-how can help modify it - something I think is wonderful both in theory and practice, and which is the direct reason OO is so much improved. Good luck making your decision!
98 weeks ago
Alison Rayner: I really didn't like Open Office, only because I was accustomed to Word & my employer didn't want to purchase the licenses for the Microsoft ...MoreI really didn't like Open Office, only because I was accustomed to Word & my employer didn't want to purchase the licenses for the Microsoft product. The shortcut functions are quite different & there were formatting issues from between Open Office & Word.
98 weeks ago
Todd Nilson: OpenOffice works great. It's just not quite as pretty as the Microsoft Office Suite.
98 weeks ago
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