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- Thread starter 6eor6e
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erm.. what sort of advice are you looking for 6eor6e?
I've been using it for some time now and find it an excellent suite of programmes
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I've been using it for some time now and find it an excellent suite of programmes
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6eor6e
Well-known member
Sorry I should have explained, I paid $11.95 to download it and when I went to open it to load I was warned that this file could contain virus and potential to harm computer made me stop and think. I really don't know anything about this at all, hadn't herd of better get some opinions and advise before going any further although probably damage already done but only need to use WORD at present. just asking is save and does the job ok ? Thank you
Open Office is free on this link
Open Office
Wonder if you can get your money back on the other one?
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Open Office
Wonder if you can get your money back on the other one?
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llendorin
Birdwatching Noob Extraordinaire!
Yes, OpenOffice is safe to use.
It is in my personal opinion, the best open-source office suite there is. I've been using it on my linux box for some time now. I can remember reading that some antivirus programs (I believe McAfee was mentioned, but can't find the link to confirm right now) come up with a warning message when installing. This is what's normally referred to as a False positive, when it thinks there is an issue when there is not. This only really applies to the windows version of the software.
It is in my personal opinion, the best open-source office suite there is. I've been using it on my linux box for some time now. I can remember reading that some antivirus programs (I believe McAfee was mentioned, but can't find the link to confirm right now) come up with a warning message when installing. This is what's normally referred to as a False positive, when it thinks there is an issue when there is not. This only really applies to the windows version of the software.
Big Phil
Well-known member
Have you tried running windows in vmware on yer Linux box?. Obviously a bit of a performance hit, but very convienient. And if it gets virused you delete it and use a fresh copy of your windows image....
llendorin
Birdwatching Noob Extraordinaire!
When you're opening 20-30Mb files in photoshop, it takes long enough for them to transfer from camera raw as it is... vmware would take forever. Not very good when you need to touch up 30-40 photos most days.
Anyway, this is getting wholly off-topic, so i guess we either create a new thread or stop the discussion, really.
Don't get me wrong, though... i'm a big fan of linux and always will be. It's better and more stable than anything microsoft can produce, but at the same time, the lack of 3rd party support is it's downfall right now. Maybe that will change in the future. Now that Dell are offering Ubuntu installed on their machines, there might be more of an uptake.
Again, getting off-topic now, so dropping it.
Anyway, this is getting wholly off-topic, so i guess we either create a new thread or stop the discussion, really.
Don't get me wrong, though... i'm a big fan of linux and always will be. It's better and more stable than anything microsoft can produce, but at the same time, the lack of 3rd party support is it's downfall right now. Maybe that will change in the future. Now that Dell are offering Ubuntu installed on their machines, there might be more of an uptake.
Again, getting off-topic now, so dropping it.
colonelboris
Right way up again
When will Microsoft get their fingers out and make a patch for word so it can read oo files? Cheesed off with having to re-do every equation I write in oo when I convert it to a word file so the boss can read it.
Keith Reeder
Watch the birdie...
Tony, can't you save 'em as RTF files? That's what I do when I want to use work documents - I use Word at work, OO at home.
Dunno if the "equation" aspect might be your stumbling block, of course...
Dunno if the "equation" aspect might be your stumbling block, of course...
colonelboris
Right way up again
Yep - it's equations that chew it all up. if i save as a .doc, then Word doesn't recognise all of the brackets, numbers, functions, etc, which means you have to type it up again in MS Equation Editor. I'm-a wondering if I can rip MSEE and somehow connect it up to open office writer...?
