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25 Oct 2007, 7:51 pm

Today i just downloaded Openoffice for my computer. Runs awesome and has a good excel/ database program. I however was wondering on how to work with the rest of OpenOffice.



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25 Oct 2007, 8:15 pm

I've got a lot of experience with Open Office crashing every single time I start to type. I haven't been able to explore the rest of the functions, for having to wait for the system to restart, and then attempt to retrieve my work. I have sent crash reports, to no avail. I've no idea if its just my computer, or Open Office. Good luck with that!


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25 Oct 2007, 8:32 pm

hartzofspace wrote:
I've got a lot of experience with Open Office crashing every single time I start to type. I haven't been able to explore the rest of the functions, for having to wait for the system to restart, and then attempt to retrieve my work. I have sent crash reports, to no avail. I've not idea if its just my computer, or Open Office. Good luck with that!


Funny, Open Office runs fine and is fast on my 475Mhz K6-2 Computer.



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25 Oct 2007, 8:37 pm

I run OO on my MacBook and it runs really well for me.

What other functions are you talking about?


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25 Oct 2007, 8:41 pm

wsmac wrote:
I run OO on my MacBook and it runs really well for me.

What other functions are you talking about?


Xpress is what i trying to figure out how to use right now. Math[The equation editor i am also figuring out how to use.



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25 Oct 2007, 8:57 pm

I probably need more RAM.


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26 Oct 2007, 11:14 pm

I've used OpenOffice Math to create some integral equations. By typing in

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int` dx over "3x+4"


you can create a simple integral very easily.

Also I've used OpenOffice Impress to open a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation file. Impress is like a clone of Microsoft PowerPoint, in terms of its functionality.



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27 Oct 2007, 6:22 am

OpenOffice is more or less similar to MS Office in most of the things it can do, I prefer it over MS Office because it is free and more reliable :D


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27 Oct 2007, 1:34 pm

Ive run openoffice in both linux and windows for sometime and am pleased with the results...you do need more 128 megs to run it at a reasonable speed :)



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28 Oct 2007, 2:36 pm

Slow if you aren't on Linux. It's good though, Staroffice and Openoffice are more compatible with M$ Office than any non-M$ office suite I've used. Openoffice and Staroffice are also the most full-featured non-M$ office suites I've used.