OpenOffice 2.0
RTA Information Technology, Tempe, Arizona
I'm trying out OpenOffice 2.0.
I'm running it inside of Virtual PC 2004, to avoid any conflicts with my main PC. OpenOffice, for those not into such things, is open source software. It's FREE!
OO 2.0 includes equivalents to Microsoft's Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, along with a drawing program and a mathematics program. It will open most Microsoft documents. Even Access 2003 tables. It will also do a "Save As...." into most Microsoft file formats (but NOT Access). The native format for saves is XML, which Microsoft is moving towards with MS Office 12, to be released in late 2006.
I just opened a pre-exisint PowerPoint 2003 presentation. It opened fine in "Impress", OO 2.0's presentation software. Impress looks a LOT like MS PowerPoint 2003! I was able to do a slideshow without a problem. I was also able to modify the document, save it in MS PowerPoint format, and re-open it on my main PC, using Microsoft's PowerPoint 2003.
Impressive, so far!
I'm trying out OpenOffice 2.0.
I'm running it inside of Virtual PC 2004, to avoid any conflicts with my main PC. OpenOffice, for those not into such things, is open source software. It's FREE!
OO 2.0 includes equivalents to Microsoft's Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, along with a drawing program and a mathematics program. It will open most Microsoft documents. Even Access 2003 tables. It will also do a "Save As...." into most Microsoft file formats (but NOT Access). The native format for saves is XML, which Microsoft is moving towards with MS Office 12, to be released in late 2006.
I just opened a pre-exisint PowerPoint 2003 presentation. It opened fine in "Impress", OO 2.0's presentation software. Impress looks a LOT like MS PowerPoint 2003! I was able to do a slideshow without a problem. I was also able to modify the document, save it in MS PowerPoint format, and re-open it on my main PC, using Microsoft's PowerPoint 2003.
Impressive, so far!
posted by Myron Johnson | 9:13 AM
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