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As a long-standing Linux (Ubuntu) user, I've been using OpenOffice for the last 3 or 4 years (there is no MS Office option on Linux). It's good; very good when you consider what you pay for it, but it does have shortcomings. It's *different* to MS Office, as has been mentioned, and the file exchange is a bit lacking with more advanced features in *.doc documents. I knew that LibreOffice was to be the Ubuntu default in future releases (from 11.04 Natty on I believe) but didn't know that that was it's genesis - thanks Adam. Oli. On 16 February 2011 20:33, Adam Pope <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > OpenOffice was recently taken over by Oracle when they acquired Sun. The > relationship between Oracle and the OpenOffice developers soured quite early > on and a fork was established in September called LibreOffice. > > I understand various popular Linux distributions that used to ship with > OpenOffice will have LibreOffice pre-installed in future. There's a > comparison of features here<http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3923351_1/OpenOfficeorg-vs-LibreOffice.htm> > . > > Adam Pope > BA (Hons) MLIS MCLIP > @adampope <http://twitter.com/adampope> | 07977238873 | > informationhandyman.com | London > > > > On 16 February 2011 20:03, Marc Fresko <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Sam >> >> OpenOffice is one of the world's more popular software products, claiming >> over 93 million downloads so far. So any numbers you collect from readers >> of this list will not be very representative. >> >> FWIW, I think most users find it a very powerful suite - not the same as, >> but a strong competitor with, Microsoft Office (just to choose one other >> product at random). And it is mature and attractive too - far better than >> much shareware/open source software. >> >> It can interwork with Microsoft Office file formats. This said, the >> interoperability is imperfect. Exchanging simple documents is absolutely >> fine - but working with documents that use advanced features (some table >> features, or change tracking for example) causes formatting changes when >> converting. So if that matters to you, test it carefully or just avoid it. >> >> The Document and Content Management Group of Intellect (the UK trade body >> for the technology industry) published a white paper on this subject that I >> thought was helpful - entitled "Why the format of office documents matters >> to your business". It’s a free download from >> >> http://www.intellectuk.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1146&Itemid=47(aka >> http://tinyurl.com/4v6hhmn). I'll send you a copy off-list. >> >> All the best >> >> Marc Fresko >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: The UK Records Management mailing list [mailto: >> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sam Steer >> Sent: 16 February 2011 12:20 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: OpenOffice >> >> Does anyone use "OpenOffice" (a suite of free and open source tools for >> word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases etc) >> >> http://www.openoffice.org/index.html >> >> Feel free to reply on or off list. If anyone is using the software, I'll >> report back the numbers. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Sam Steer >> Information Manager >> Programme Management >> >> +44(0)1666 827336 >> [log in to unmask] >> Dyson Ltd, Tetbury Hill, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 0RP, UK >> >> To view the list archives go to: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK >> To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK >> >> For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] >> For any content based queries, please email >> [log in to unmask] >> >> To view the list archives go to: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK >> To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK >> >> For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] >> For any content based queries, please email >> [log in to unmask] >> > > For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For > any content based queries, please email > [log in to unmask] > -- DeepGreen Consulting LTD Information, Users, Technology eMail [log in to unmask] Tel 07879 820967 To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]