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Yeezy
Posts: 1652 - Karma: 206
Open office is nearly identical to microsoft word of not better, its completely free, and its an open source program so there is no ads or any of that shit. If you happen to be a developer, you can make changes to it as you please. Again, completely free, great resource to anyone who doesnt want to waste money on microsoft office.
Apr 17 2012 2:15AM
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Applejack
Posts: 205 - Karma: 9
LibreOffice is good too. Absolutely no sense in using non-FOSS anymore.
Apr 17 2012 2:49AM
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Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 192
my moms computer had that a few years ago and it was total shit. i imagine its changed a bit but jesus christ i would rather have typed an essay in notepad than open office.

plus you couldnt open an open office doc in a word doc without it all going to shit.
Apr 17 2012 2:55AM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24725 - Karma: 29,944
Open office is the biggest reason I wont buy ms office to put on my mac.
Apr 17 2012 2:58AM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24725 - Karma: 29,944
libreoffice that is.
Apr 17 2012 3:00AM
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mmallender.
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or, if you do a little bit of a search you can pretty easily find the newest ms office for free. i used to use open office, but it was a pain in the ass to have to resave and possibly reformat so i could send stuff to friends/tas/profs/etc for whatever reason. not sure how much it has changed but i found it also used to be slow as shit. not saying ms office is perfect, or even remotely close to it, but seeing as .doc or .docx is more or less the standard across universities and workplaces, i find it to be worth the effort to do a little hunting for a copy of ms office
Apr 17 2012 3:12AM
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turducken
Posts: 749 - Karma: 601
I use LibreOffice most of the time as well. Only time I use MS office if i need to make a graph from excel etc. LibreOffice graphing is horrible
Apr 17 2012 4:28AM
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Applejack
Posts: 205 - Karma: 9
I prefer googledocs for graphing as well.
Apr 17 2012 4:57AM
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Applejack
Posts: 205 - Karma: 9
>apple
>winning.
>>Ha.
Apr 17 2012 4:58AM
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84891jnf92048
Posts: 11552 - Karma: 2,550
I find it strange that slenderman needs to know about open-source word processing software.
Apr 17 2012 6:51AM
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howlongcanausern
Posts: 4982 - Karma: 1,737
bit torrent msoffice, don't have to deal with freeware/open source nonsense
Apr 17 2012 11:28AM
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theBearJew
Posts: 10951 - Karma: 15,633
Can you open these documents in Office and all the other programs? If the files don't transfer formats it is useless.
Apr 17 2012 1:09PM
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midwestpowhunter
Posts: 2198 - Karma: 189
ive used it for years. formatting is easy. most of the time i just send as pdf unless it needs to be opened for edit. Ive never had a problem with formatting. Also ive used it on mac and pc and liked it on both. I feel like it isnt valuable any more do to google docs.
Apr 17 2012 1:30PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
i have never payed for MS office or most of the other programs I run, lrn2torrent
Apr 17 2012 1:33PM
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nkmo.
Posts: 3994 - Karma: 285
I have to use Openoffice.org on my work computer and want to gouge my eyes out anytime I have to open it.

Cool, I guess, that its free, but what can you not get for free nowdays?
Apr 17 2012 1:36PM
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corona
Posts: 12795 - Karma: 32,750
says someone who is probably posting using Firefox and using an open source torrent client










inb4 I use Chrome
Apr 17 2012 1:36PM
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howlongcanausern
Posts: 4982 - Karma: 1,737
i was lightly trolling. i really don't like the feel/finish of open office. I use MSO2007 daily (outlook/excel/word primarily) i think it has much better feel and finish than open office.

alsoooooo yes, i use firefox/chrome/ie and even opera on occasion

i spend too much time on a computer.
Apr 17 2012 2:02PM
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Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 192
whats wrong with chrome?
Apr 17 2012 2:10PM
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followCam
Posts: 1907 - Karma: 446
I dislike Microsoft word, but I like the fact that more than one of the computers I use has it.

For example, my work and uni computer’s dont have microsoft word, so if I was to use OpenOffice on my laptop, it’s not as easy to send stuff back and forward.

Maybe I’ll give it another shot
Apr 17 2012 2:15PM
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Yeezy
Posts: 1652 - Karma: 206
de brief my last abduction.

there is lots of members sharing their experiences from years ago, i had those same problems, but they are ALL resolved.
Apr 17 2012 8:09PM
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.Apex.
Posts: 2097 - Karma: 1,556
i bought MS for my mac :( and have felt bad ever since
Apr 17 2012 11:10PM
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FatWhore
Posts: 2213 - Karma: 1,098
Google Apps is where its at, free sites like this is why I dont by Microsoft any more!
Apr 17 2012 11:10PM
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