Open Office and alternatives

Good evening/morning experts,

I realize this is *not* the best NG for this, but I would like to get as
unbiased opinions as possible. Their NG's (Word, OO "may have their own
agends).

I would like opinions on WP Suites on the order of Office, Open Office, and
any others ones you may be familar. Are there any pro/cons I should be
aware of. Any quircky qlitches?

Are most of these have the ability to handle "most" Office apps.?

As you can probably tell, i'm looking for freeware,--and I actually have
very little call for anything fancy.

My Many TIA,
Curt

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Curt Christianson wrote:
> Good evening/morning experts,
>
> I realize this is *not* the best NG for this, but I would like to get as
> unbiased opinions as possible. Their NG's (Word, OO "may have their own
> agends).
>
> I would like opinions on WP Suites on the order of Office, Open Office, and
> any others ones you may be familar. Are there any pro/cons I should be
> aware of. Any quircky qlitches?
>
> Are most of these have the ability to handle "most" Office apps.?
>
> As you can probably tell, i'm looking for freeware,--and I actually have
> very little call for anything fancy.

I've used OpenOffice for many years on Linux, Windows, and OS X. I like
it a lot. Since it is free, you might as well try it. Other than that,
here's a sampling:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search


Malke
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As always Malke,

Thank you so much :-)

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Curt

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"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Curt Christianson wrote:
>> Good evening/morning experts,
>>
>> I realize this is *not* the best NG for this, but I would like to get as
>> unbiased opinions as possible. Their NG's (Word, OO "may have their own
>> agends).
>>
>> I would like opinions on WP Suites on the order of Office, Open Office,
>> and any others ones you may be familar. Are there any pro/cons I should
>> be aware of. Any quircky qlitches?
>>
>> Are most of these have the ability to handle "most" Office apps.?
>>
>> As you can probably tell, i'm looking for freeware,--and I actually have
>> very little call for anything fancy.
>
> I've used OpenOffice for many years on Linux, Windows, and OS X. I like it
> a lot. Since it is free, you might as well try it. Other than that, here's
> a sampling:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Curt Christianson" <curtchristnsn@NOSPAM.Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Good evening/morning experts,
>
> I realize this is *not* the best NG for this, but I would like to get as
> unbiased opinions as possible. Their NG's (Word, OO "may have their own
> agends).
>
> I would like opinions on WP Suites on the order of Office, Open Office,
> and any others ones you may be familar. Are there any pro/cons I should
> be aware of. Any quircky qlitches?
>
> Are most of these have the ability to handle "most" Office apps.?
>
> As you can probably tell, i'm looking for freeware,--and I actually have
> very little call for anything fancy.


Curt, I've not used Open Office, and though it's installed I don't use MS
Word. I do use Excel and Powerpoint. For a Word Processor I have always
preferred WordPerfect. It's not free though.

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