That's something I'd be interested in, anyone out there using OpenOffice instead of Office?

-t

On Jan 15, 2009, at 2:34 PM, David McFarlane wrote:

At 1/15/2009 11:00 AM Thursday, Oscar Castaneda wrote:

It sounds to me like one more of those cases where you HAVE TO upgrade, even when you know that there is no direct benefit, but not to be left behind, because they decided to change a few basic things.

How about upgrading instead to something like OpenOffice, if it will handle the new Office 2007 file format?

-- dkm

Jon Galbreath wrote:

The file format changes for one.  The free converter kits from Microsoft can patch Office 2003 so they open documents, but some templates don't work with the converters.  Also there is the issue of possible features that are lost in the conversion process.  I don't have any examples of what may or may not convert correctly, but I do know that even with the converters installed across the board here, they're not a guaranteed solution to avoid the upgrade.

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