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From: Saxman on 22 Jun 2010 13:45 On 22/06/2010 17:35, Mike Easter wrote: > This subject indicates that Saxman wanted to have a little ranty about > OL and (then, subsequently) ask about a freeware alternative. Office was > on his mind when he created the subject first. I think that if he had > written the subject last, it might have reflected the freeware request > better, eg Freeware for Office? or Open Office? Point taken, but at least you didn't get upset about it.
From: Saxman on 22 Jun 2010 13:46 On 22/06/2010 17:59, s|b wrote: > I recommend that you choose a better Subject next time... On the grounds that I mentioned Microsoft:-)
From: Saxman on 22 Jun 2010 13:47 On 22/06/2010 17:55, za kAT wrote: > IMO, for most stuff OO Writer and Calc are fine. > > I don't use Powerpoint or Publisher. You could try Scribus to replace the > latter. Last time I looked it had got quite good. Doubt it will replace > Quark real soon though. OO has a presentation application. Depends what you > do with it. Why not give it a go. > > OO Base is OK for simple databases. I use it, with a MySQL backend. Thank you. Microsoft Excel is good though.
From: Mike Easter on 22 Jun 2010 15:32 Saxman wrote: > za kAT wrote: > >> IMO, for most stuff OO Writer and Calc are fine. >> >> I don't use Powerpoint or Publisher. You could try Scribus to replace the >> latter. Last time I looked it had got quite good. Doubt it will replace >> Quark real soon though. OO has a presentation application. Depends >> what you >> do with it. Why not give it a go. >> >> OO Base is OK for simple databases. I use it, with a MySQL backend. > > Thank you. Microsoft Excel is good though. Yabbut, earlier you sed: > if I need to put the software on my home laptop and possibly a > second PC, it's going to cost the earth. So, that means that you don't *have* Excel on your LT and you don't want to buy Office for it, so whether excel is 'good though' doesn't address the issue of replacing its function with something free on the LT and possibly a 2nd PC. -- Mike Easter
From: Saxman on 22 Jun 2010 16:33
On 22/06/2010 20:32, Mike Easter wrote: > So, that means that you don't *have* Excel on your LT and you don't want > to buy Office for it, so whether excel is 'good though' doesn't address > the issue of replacing its function with something free on the LT and > possibly a 2nd PC. I have used Office 2007, but am using 2010 beta now, but whether I upgrade is in doubt. |