For the record, I don't dislike OO.
I use it before Office most of the time.
Word has tons of flaws, too... and it's made by a terrible software company. (Don't believe me? Try using [a video.msn.com]MSN's Video service[/a] if you're using ANYTHING that isn't developed by Microsoft).
It has some cool features, too!
For example:
OpenOffice documents, even in Windows, have preview images.
Pages seem easier to control. That may just be me, though.
It has support for every file format I have tried in it so far.
OO is definietly nicer in Linux.
...Probably because I can't point out how Word does better than it at various things since it doesn't exist for Linux, and because there aren't many full office suites available for free.
(And any flaws in OO that I've seen - with the exception of messy but still superior image placement - are already listed).
I use it before Office most of the time.
Word has tons of flaws, too... and it's made by a terrible software company. (Don't believe me? Try using [a video.msn.com]MSN's Video service[/a] if you're using ANYTHING that isn't developed by Microsoft).
It has some cool features, too!
For example:
OpenOffice documents, even in Windows, have preview images.
Pages seem easier to control. That may just be me, though.
It has support for every file format I have tried in it so far.
OO is definietly nicer in Linux.
...Probably because I can't point out how Word does better than it at various things since it doesn't exist for Linux, and because there aren't many full office suites available for free.
(And any flaws in OO that I've seen - with the exception of messy but still superior image placement - are already listed).