Vista - Open Office

Open Office does work with Vista, I have it installed on my system.

"Pete" <Pete@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 01 May 2008 16:04:22 -0500, Pete wrote:
Works with Vista, SP1 applied or not.

Can somebody tell me if Open Office is really compatible with Vista SP1?
Or is it still basically an XP piece of software?
I think it was a great substitute for MS Office.
-Pete

On Thu, 1 May 2008 16:04:22 -0500, "Pete" <Pete@xxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, it works under Vista, and if it meets your needs, go for it.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Pete wrote:It'll probably work, BUT

1. It's not a Microsoft product,
2. It will void your warranty, and
3. You will be bitten to death by black, poisonous toads while you sleep.

Hi Bub, I recently built a new machine running 64-bit Vista Home Prem. I
download and installed OpenOffice 2.4 and LOVE IT! If you are proficient
with Word and Excel you will have to search for some options like Envelopes
and Labels, but you will find that it works great and is free!

Good luck!



"HeyBub" <heybub@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Peter in New Zealand wrote:I've been running Star Office for the past month. How do features of
that product compare to Open Office?

Iain wrote:
Can't answer that well but Open Office is getting much closer to the
Microsoft Office suite all the time. To be honest I think it is more
"What you are used to" and less about bells and whistles these days, I
don't know anybody who uses any of these products as fully as they could

On Sun, 04 May 2008 08:34:41 -0500, Charlie Tame <charlie@xxxxxx>
wrote:


No software product is used fully by anybody. Most of us probably
don't use more than 20% or so of the features in most products. And
most important, what constitutes that 20% is different for each of us.

So when evaluating one product against another, the question is not
whether product B has 99% of the features of product A or only 90%.
The question is whether it has all 20% of the features *you* use and
are important to you.

Regarding the Star Office vs. Open Office question, I don't know much
about either, but my understanding is that they are similar. But since
OpenOffice is free, my suggestion to Iain is that he try it and
compare the two for himself.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Works great for me on Vista


"Iain" <iain@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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