![]() As much as I would like to tell you that OpenOffice has an animated paper clip with an annoying voice, I can’t. So before I send you into a deep sleep with boring facts and figures about macros and licenses, I will tell you one last thing: Before you install OpenOffice, you must be aware that there is no annoying paper clip. In most cases this won’t matter daily word processing tasks and simple spreadsheets don’t tend to need the same macro capabilities as you would find people using in big accounts departments. Even though compatibility with Microsoft document formats is very good (and in some cases better than Microsoft’s compatibility with its own products), there are still issues when you are creating documents or using document templates that rely heavily on Microsoft’s proprietary macro language. ![]() There are a few things to bear in mind when you are using OpenOffice. The French police services have been migrating to OpenOffice since 2005 and have saved upwards of two million euros in the process. Increased compatibility with Microsoft file formats and rapidly decreasing corporate and personal budgets have put OpenOffice on the map for those wanting an affordable alternative office suite. In recent years OpenOffice has started to find its way into corporate environments as well as households. Like MS Office it comes with a word processor, a spreadsheet application and an application for creating presentations, all of which are easy to use and produce a very high standard of document. ![]() ![]() OpenOffice is a free and open alternative to the MS Office suite of applications. This month I am going to continue the theme by going a bit deeper into the OpenOffice suite of applications. Last month I wrote about open source software and suggested a few open source applications that are worth trying out.
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